Jay Dixon. & Jay Dixon 
The Romantic Fiction Of Mills & Boon, 1909-1995 [EPUB ebook] 

This study to analyzes romantic fiction»s depiction of women as part of the broader history of ideas about women.; Given the success of the Mills & Boon romance, their portrayal of subjects like sex, love, marriage, class, motherhood and femineity are important cultural barometers and make interesting study.; The author shows how all these themes have an historical trajectory and how these novels have come to reflect feminist concerns.; Based on a study of over 1000 Mills & Boon romances the book provides analysis of plot types and shows how these have changed in response to women»s own changing position within society.