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Shelf Love: Romance Novel DiscourseRewriting the Wallflowers: Revisionist HistoryHave you read Lisa Kleypas's neogothic duology: Devil in Winter and It Happened One Autumn? Tehyah Carver shares her provocative claims about Kleypas’s Wallflower series, including how St. Vincent is a gothic heroine. We also discuss the revisions the author made to the texts around 2021, theories on why the changes were made, and how we feel about them.What differentiates a villain from an interesting character in romance and how have contemporary romance readers' expectations evolved and what are the broader implications of rewriting problematic elements in historical romance fiction?00:00 Tehyah’s Romance Credentials03:57 Lisa Kley...
2025-10-141h 39
Shelf Love: Romance Novel DiscourseUnreal But Not UntrueIs true love real or fiction? Is romantic love in fiction unreal but not untrue? How do romance novels play with fiction and reality, and how do some other disciplines explore similar questions in their own fields? Guest: Dr. Eric SelingerRomancelandia Holiday Fairies 2021: bit.ly/romancelandiaShelf Love:Join the Conversation on Discord: https://www.patreon.com/ShelfLoveSign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Patreon | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeEmail: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.comLinksJPRStudies.orgRoutledge Companion to Romantic Love edited by Ann BrooksDeakin University’s Concepts in Popular Genre Fiction...
2021-12-2140 min
Shelf Love: Romance Novel Discourse085. Reflections on 2020 Listener Favorite Episodes, 2021 PlansI reflect on listener favorite episodes from 2020, share what I'll be speaking more of in 2021, and say thank you to the Holiday Fairies! (Originally recorded in January when 2021 was still fresh.)Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.comCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeShelf Love episodes with transcriptsListener Favorite Episodes from 2020 (Popular Vote - i.e. downloads)052. The Modern Romance Canon064. Women in Pants: Unpacking Problematic Faves041. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang wi...
2021-04-1334 min
Shelf Love: Romance Novel Discourse065. Glitter Pirates in Glitterland by Alexis HallDr. Eric Selinger is back to discuss Glitterland by Alexis Hall and how it's basically a big old allegory for the romance genre. Eric and I speak authoritatively about books we've never read, and how Glitterland addresses mental health stigma.-Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeShelf Love episodes with transcriptsGuest: Eric SelingerDePaul website | Tw...
2020-10-1747 min
Shelf Love: Romance Novel Discourse063. The Three Waves of Romance with Eric SelingerRomance scholar Eric Selinger explores different questions that have been asked about popular romance (not enough), how romance research has come in waves (three, to be precise), and asks "how can I make this romance more interesting?" (you always can).Show Notes:Shelf Love:Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com58 Romance Novellas For A Quick Hit of HopeCheck out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episodeShelf Love episodes with transcriptsGuest: Eric SelingerDePaul website | Twitter | Routledge Research Co...
2020-10-0358 min
Shelf Love: Romance Novel Discourse052. The Modern Romance CanonWho among us hasn't started a project and then realized that you've inadvertently wandered into a longstanding and contentious debate? I enlist the help of two experts to unravel why I started the Shelf Love Modern Romance Canon project. First, Katrina Jackson helps me unravel some of the ways my professional and educational background made me think this was a logical thing to do. Then, Eric Selinger gives some backstory into the academic and institutional reasons canons exist, and why those who study, read, and write the popular romance genre have been circling this question for decades and will...
2020-07-2147 min