For Love and Money: the Literary Art of the Harlequin Mills and Boon Romance

Laura Vivanco

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Sujets

• Love
• Love (disambiguation)
• European
• Literary criticism

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• Publié par: Humanities eBooks
• Date de parution: 11 janvier 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781847601957
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Humanities-Ebooks Genre Fiction Monographs Series Editor: John Lennard For Love and Money The Literary Art of the Harlequin Mills & Boon Romance

Laura Vivanco

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Copyright

Text © Laura Vivanco 2011 The author has asserted her right to be identiîed as the author of this Work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published byHumanities-Ebooks LLP, Tirril Hall, Tirril, Penrith CA10 2JE. This PDF ebook is available fromhttp://www.humanities-ebooks. co.ukfrom MyiLibrary.com. and EBSCO. A Kindle ebook in and reowable format is available from Amazon.combut the Pdf is rec- ommended for its superior performance on larger devices such as the Kindle DX, Dell Streak, and Apple iPad. A paperback is available from Lulu.com and from all booksellers. The author and publisher have used their best efforts to ensure that external URLs given in this book are accurate and current. They are not, however, responsible for any of these websites, and can offer no guarantee that the sites remain live or the content appropriate. ISBN 978-1-84760-195-7 PDF ISBN 978-1-84760-196-4 PAPERBACK ISBN 978-1-84760-197-1 KINDLE

To every Harlequin Mills & Boon author who has ever been asked “When are you going to write arealnovel?”

Contents

Copyright Acknowledgements Introduction

Chapter 1. Mimetic Modes Myth The Romance Mode The High-Mimetic Mode The Low-Mimetic Mode The Ironic Mode Determining Mode Realism: Settings and Details Realism and the Happy Ending Realism: Issues Variations Within a Single Mode Modal Counterpoint Chapter 2. Mythoi Mythoi and Modes High Mimetic Low Mimetic Ironic Adapting Mythoi Chapter 3. Metaîction Defending Romance and its Readers Claiming Kinship with Classics Romance as Part of Popular Culture

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29 29 31 34 37 43 47 48 50 54 61 66 75 78 79 81 84 91 109 113 127 133

Chapter 4. Metaphors 151 Building a Relationship 155 The Flowering of Romance 164 Woman as Garden 164 Woman as Flower 169 The Hunt of Love 175 Love is a Journey: Marion Lennox’sPrincess of Convenience (2005) 183 Conclusion 199

Bibliography Harlequin Mills & Boon Romances Other Texts Cited

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Acknowledgements

My funding body and our child have been a great source of encour- agement and technical help. Their belief in my work has kept me go- ing on days when I was mired in the Slough of Despond. It has been a pleasure to be published by HEB. John Lennard’s enthusiasm, efîciency and attention to detail have made this a better book. Any remaining errors and omissions are, of course, my responsibility and not his. I am grateful to be part of a community of romance scholars and I would particularly like to acknowledge the vital roles played by Sarah S. G. Frantz (President of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance), Pamela Regis (Vice President of IASPR and the author ofA Natural History of the Romance Novel), and Eric M. Selinger (Executive Editor of theJournal of Popular Romance Studies and founder of the ‘Teach Me Tonight’ blog) in ensuring that the îeld is a lively and expanding one. Sandra Schwab marched ahead of me, slaying baggy dragons, An Goris made me aware of John Lennard’sOf Modern Dragonsand Kerstin Frank’s introduction to the thermodynamics of Georgette Heyer îred me with enthusiasm for metaphors. I can only wish to match jay Dixon’s vast hoard of knowledge about Mills & Boon. Over the course of writing this book I corresponded with a number of HM&B authors, including Pamela Browning, Julie Cohen, Jennifer Crusie, Jessica Hart, Marion Lennox, Nicola Marsh, Sandra Marton, Sabrina Philips, Michelle Styles, Claire Thornton and Kate Walker. Their kindness is much appreciated. The readers of the ‘Teach Me Tonight’ blog made me believe there was also an audience for this project. Many of them gave me new perspectives on, and information about, romances. Joanna Chambers read and commented on sections of the book. Alan Deyermond remains an inspiration. I miss his incisive comments and value the encouragement he gave me as I began

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work on this project. My conversations with him, Louise Haywood and Iona McCleery encouraged me to believe that in stepping from Hispano-medievalism into popular romance scholarship, I was not taking one giant leap into a totally unrelated îeld.

I would also like to acknowledge the use, on the cover, of an adapted version of J. Herrera’sDiseño 3D, rosa rojawhich was made avail- able online under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike li- cence. The remixed version of the rose featured on the cover of this book is therefore available for use under the terms of that licence.

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Abbreviations

AD: Anno Domini (‘year of the Lord’) AIDS: Acquired Immune Deîciency Syndrome BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation BC: Before Christ ESP: extra-sensory perception HIV: Human Immunodeîciency Virus HM&B: Harlequin Mills & Boon IASPR: International Association for the Study of Popular Romance M&B: Mills & Boon MS: manuscript NHS: National Health Service (UK) N.Sh.OED: New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary OED: Oxford English Dictionary RCMP: Royal Canadian Mounted Police RWA: Romance Writers of America