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Marie-Pier Luneau Jean-Philippe Warren Loves Stories Now and Then (Paperback). Author: Marie-Pier Luneau, Jean-Philippe Warren. Title: Loves Stories Now and Then. Love Stories Now and Then is the first comprehensive survey of Quebec and French-Canadian romance novels. What is “love at first sight”?. Further DetailsTitle: Loves Stories Now and Then Condition: New Subtitle: A History of Les romans d'amour Format: Paperback Author: Marie-Pier Luneau, Jean-Philippe Warren EAN: 9781771863643 ISBN: 9781771863643 Publisher: Baraka Books Release Date: 11/01/2024 Description: This book is based on the premise that love is not as spontaneous and free as one would have us believe. While it is true that love exists in all human communities, not all communities love in the same way. The words used to speak of love, which simultaneously reveal and censor, inform and sublimate, channel and repress the stirrings of the heart, are chosen according to everchanging social and cultural norms.Love stories or romans d’amour are widely read and appreciated by all classes of society and have been continually revisited and reinvented over time. The capacity for renewal in such a rigidly codified genre is nothing short of amazing, as is the resulting diversity of content.Love Stories Now and Then is the first comprehensive survey of Quebec and French-Canadian romance novels. It tackles questions that everybody asks. What is “love at first sight”? How do class, nation, religion, and race influence the choice of partners? What are the rules of flirting? What are the limits to expressing one’s desires? What are people’s expectations in marriage? What is the place of sexuality and how does it differ in French and English culture in North America?This book challenges many of our assumptions about romance and offers a compelling glimpse into people’s dreams and fantasies of love over the past two centuries. Genre: Literary Criticism Topic: Society & Culture Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: CA Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Series: Baraka Nonfiction Release Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
