Studies in Literature and Culture. Volume 11

Barbara Klonowska
ISBN: 978-83-7702-912-1
Pages: 282
Format: 220 x 205 mm
Year: 2014
Language: English


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter One - Romance in/and History
Introduction
Romance in history, history in romance
Historical romance
Romancing history
Conclusions

Chapter Two - Historical Fabulations
Introduction
Plot construction
Closure and conclusion
Narrative forms
Generic mixing
Conclusions

Chapter Three - Historical Adventures
Introduction
Romance par excellence: Lemprière's Dictionary
Romance reconfigured: The Pope's Rhinoceros
The romance of history/history as romance: In the Shape of a Boar
A double romance: John Saturnall's Feast
Conclusions

Chapter Four - Historical Melodramas
Introduction
Classical melodrama: Captain Corelli's Mandolin
The melodrama of history: Birds without Wings
The melodrama of war: Birdsong
The melodrama of love: The Girl at the Lion D'Or
Conclusions

Chapter Five - Historical Love Stories
Introduction
Overcoming trauma: Charlotte Gray
Overcoming failure: Snowleg
Overcoming terror(ism): Eureka Street
Conclusions

Chapter Six - Coda: New Adventures of the Historical Romance
Introduction
Aesthetic mainstreaming: the historical romance on screen
Inconvenient/complex history
The sexual matrix
Emotional (un)ambivalence
The challenging (of ) romance
Celebrating queerness
Class struggle
Queering history
Conclusions

Conclusion

Works Cited

Index