Women's Fiction 19452005 Writing Romance - Continuum Literary Studies Author:Deborah Philips Organised around each decade of the post war period, this book analyses novels written by and for women from 1945 to the present. Each chapter identifies a specific genre in popular fiction for women which marked that period and provides case studies focusing on writers and texts which enjoyed a wide readership. Despite their popularity, these n... more »ovels remain largely outside the 'canon' of women's writing, and are often unacknowledged by feminist literary criticism.
Through her analysis of women's writing and reading, Philips sets out to challenge the distinction between 'popular' and 'literary' fiction, arguing that neat categories such as 'popular', 'middle brow' and 'serious fiction' need more careful definition.« less