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Overview

In Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women, Jayne Ann Krentz and the contributors to this volume—all best-selling romance writers—explode myths and biases that haunt both the writers and readers of romances.

In this seamless, ultimately fascinating, and controversial book, the authors dispute some of the notions that plague their profession, including the time-worn theory that the romance genre contains only one single, monolithic story, which is cranked out over and over again. The authors discuss positive life-affirming values inherent in all romances: the celebration of female power, courage, intelligence, and gentleness; the inversion of the power ...

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Overview

In Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women, Jayne Ann Krentz and the contributors to this volume—all best-selling romance writers—explode myths and biases that haunt both the writers and readers of romances.

In this seamless, ultimately fascinating, and controversial book, the authors dispute some of the notions that plague their profession, including the time-worn theory that the romance genre contains only one single, monolithic story, which is cranked out over and over again. The authors discuss positive life-affirming values inherent in all romances: the celebration of female power, courage, intelligence, and gentleness; the inversion of the power structure of a patriarchal society; and the integration of male and female. Several of the essays also discuss the issue of reader identification with the characters, a relationship that is far more complex than most critics realize.

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Publishers Weekly
In 22 essays, romance novelists address why romances are popular. These authors are convincing when they simply write what they think, as when Sandra Brown flatly asserts that romances ``are fun--fun to write, fun to read, fun to dissect and discuss.'' Some more complex arguments, which invite closer scrutiny of their logic, don't always fare as well. For example, Linda Barlow and Jayne Ann Krentz maintain that ``outsiders tend to be unable to interpret'' the language, images and symbols that recur, but only a few pages later they claim that such ``codes'' are ``universally recognized by women.'' When disjunctions arise from the arguments of different authors, however, they can be intriguing: Elizabeth Lowell says of romance heroes that ``at core, they are decent''; Anne Stuart maintains that her heroes are men ``whose sense of honor and decency is almost nonexistent.'' There are hints of how interesting these authors could have been, had they not been tied to the book's fairly defensive theme. Notable are Kathleen Gilles Seidel's comments on the nature of romance (prompted by her judging a Valentine's Day essay contest) and her suggestion that information theory might offer useful insights on repetitive reading of romances. Krentz is a bestselling romance novelist who also publishes under the pseudonym Amanda Quick (see Fiction Originals). (Dec.)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780812214116
  • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
  • Publication date: 9/28/1992
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 200
  • Sales rank: 371,658
  • Lexile: 1240L (what's this?)
  • Series: New Cultural Studies Series
  • Product dimensions: 6.68 (w) x 9.04 (h) x 0.55 (d)

Meet the Author

Jayne Ann Krentz
Jayne Ann Krentz
A former librarian with a degree in history, Jayne Ann Krentz is a prolific, bestselling romance novelist and a passionate advocate of the genre.

Biography

A successful corporate and academic librarian-turned-author, Jayne Ann Krentz wrote serial romances for several publishers (including industry powerhouse Harlequin) before breaking out in the '90s as a writer of romantic novels. To say that she has been successful is an understatement: A New York Times- bestselling author with more than 23 million copies of her books in print, she writes three sub-genres of romantic suspense under three different pen names: contemporary romances as Jayne Ann Krentz, historicals as Amanda Quick, and futuristic/paranormal romances as Jayne Castle. (In her early career, she employed at least three additional pseudonyms!) In 2006, the prolific Krentz launched The Arcane Society series -- crossover thrillers written under all three noms de plume that feature members of a secret organization devoted to the study of the paranormal.

It would be hard to find a more passionate advocate for romantic fiction than Krentz. In 1992, she edited and contributed to Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance, an award-winning nonfiction essay collection that serves an eloquent apologia for the genre. She has also received the Jane Austen Commemorative Medal from Romantic Times magazine for her work educating readers about Romance. "The Romance genre is the only genre where readers are guaranteed novels that place the heroine at the heart of the story," she says on her website. "These are books that celebrate women's heroic virtues and values: courage, honor, determination and a belief in the healing power of love." Clearly, her legions of loyal fans agree!

Good To Know

I have finally reached the point in my career where I have some say over cover art. Unfortunately, it turns out that I have absolutely no talent for cover art design. Thank heavens I'm with a publisher (Putnam/Berkley) that maintains a terrific art department.

I love green tea and red wine and was absolutely thrilled when it turned out that both are now considered health foods.

I love all animals except for squirrels which, I strongly suspect, are aliens from outer space who are here to take over the planet. You have been warned.

    1. Also Known As:
      Amanda Quick, Jayne Castle
    2. Hometown:
      Seattle, WA
    1. Education:
      BA in History, University of California at Santa Cruz, MA in Librarianship from San Jose State University (California)
    2. Website:

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction 1
Setting the Stage: Facts and Figures 11
Beneath the Surface: The Hidden Codes of Romance 15
The Androgynous Reader: Point of View in the Romance 31
The Androgynous Writer: Another View of Point of View 45
The Romance and the Empowerment of Women 53
Sweet Subversions 61
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know: The Hero as Challenge 73
Mean, Moody, and Magnificent: The Hero in Romance Literature 81
Legends of Seductive Elegance 85
Love Conquers All: The Warrior Hero and the Affirmation of Love 89
Welcome to the Dark Side 99
Trying to Tame the Romance: Critics and Correctness 107
Loved I Not Honor More: The Virginal Heroine in Romance 115
Making a Choice: Virginity in the Romance 121
By Honor Bound: The Heroine as Hero 125
Women Do 133
Moments of Power 141
The Risk of Seduction and the Seduction of Risk 145
Happily Ever After: The Ending as Beginning 151
Let Me Tell You About My Readers 155
Judge Me by the Joy I Bring 159
Bibliography 181
Index 183
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