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 …

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 …

It seems trite to say that a book about love was a labour of love, but in this case, it is also
accurate. Moreover, it is a labour that would not have been possible without the support of …

It is often assumed that romance novels are badly written, that they are subject to corporate
control and commodity standardization, and that they are most interesting when approached …

Explores the connectedness of the diaspora to the homeland from a variety of different
perspectivesThis book explores a range of different perspectives on the Scottish diaspora …

This thesis is a literary history which seeks to elucidate dominant Western cultural narratives
around female virginity loss, and the ways these have evolved. It takes as its primary focus …

This dissertation analyzes three historical romance novels—Secrets of a Scandalous
Heiress by Theresa Romain (2015), The Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran (2008) and …

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 …

This book explores how postmillennial Anglophone women writers use romantic
narrativisations of history to explore, revise, repurpose and challenge the past in their …

This chapter introduces the main argument of this book: that twenty-first century Anglophone
women writers use romantic narrativisations of history to explore, revise, repurpose and …