In 1998, the president of the Middle East Studies Association commented that “1978 was a
very good year for landmark books on the Middle East... Edward Said's Orientalism also …

In 1883, Frank Dubois gained national attention for his life in Waupun, Wisconsin. There he
was known as a hard-working man, married to a young woman named Gertrude Fuller. What …

This book, the first full-length cross-period comparison of medieval and modern literature,
offers cutting edge research into the textual and cultural legacy of the Middle Ages: a …

Despite the prejudices of critics, popular romance fiction remains a complex, dynamic genre.
It consistently maintains the largest market share in the American publishing industry, even …

The romance novel is the most popular and bestselling genre of fiction produced and
consumed in the world today. In North America alone, the romance industry generates more …

Rethinking the Romance Genre examines why the romance genre has proven such an
irresistible form for contemporary writers and filmmakers as they approach global issues. In …

In 1919 the now largely forgotten popular novelist EM Hull sparked a decade of infatuation
with the 'desert romance'on the publication of her first book, The sheik. The obsession with …

Focusing on the sub-genre of desert romances, which feature a sheikh, sultan, or desert
prince as their hero, this chapter traces the history, importance, and trajectory of the sheikh …

The publication of Camping in the Sahara, seven years after its author EM Hull was
reluctantly catapulted to fame on the back of her ignominious debut novel, The Sheik (1919) …

This article describes the proceedings of a single semester module, delivered in fourteen
weekly ninety-minute units, focusing on the (British) popular romance and three novels from …