Analysis Of Romance By Michelle Buonfiglio
A former Miss Pennsylvania and Top 10 Miss America finalist, Michelle Buonfiglio graduated summa cum laude from St. Francis University, Pa., with a bachelor's degree in writing/fine arts and a love of the formal study of literature. Her world was rocked when she read her first contemporary romance, chosen from the grocery store book rack. Thus began what is now nothing less than an obsession with the romance novel.
Michelle applies to the romance novel the same techniques used to analyze and critique "recognized" classic and contemporary fiction. In Romance: B(u)y the Book, she pares down her analysis to give you a sense of why she thinks you might love a particular book.
She works hard to present you with a variety of all-around good selections hoping that, …show more content…
We know what to expect from the romance because we've heard the form before and are comfortable with it.
If that means, as detractors suggest, a romance novel is the same story being written over and over, I applaud it as one heck of a story!
Maybe your reasons for loving romance are similar to mine. First, I like knowing there's always going to be a happy ending and I'm going to suffer a delicious little bit to get there.
Second, I enjoy being thrilled by the dynamics which play out between the hero and heroine: First meeting, romantic tension or repulsion that grows into capitulation, the moment the hero realizes he's in love, and the way the heroine teaches him to love without "unmanning" him.
Third, I just love a hero I can daydream about. If he's an Alpha male and his love scenes are 4 Hearts plus, more's the better!
Finally, I like being swept away in a good romance novel. Whether it's a mystery, a paranormal, or a simple love story, by the last page, I want to have experienced a celebration of the better parts of human
Michelle applies to the romance novel the same techniques used to analyze and critique "recognized" classic and contemporary fiction. In Romance: B(u)y the Book, she pares down her analysis to give you a sense of why she thinks you might love a particular book.
She works hard to present you with a variety of all-around good selections hoping that, …show more content…
We know what to expect from the romance because we've heard the form before and are comfortable with it.
If that means, as detractors suggest, a romance novel is the same story being written over and over, I applaud it as one heck of a story!
Maybe your reasons for loving romance are similar to mine. First, I like knowing there's always going to be a happy ending and I'm going to suffer a delicious little bit to get there.
Second, I enjoy being thrilled by the dynamics which play out between the hero and heroine: First meeting, romantic tension or repulsion that grows into capitulation, the moment the hero realizes he's in love, and the way the heroine teaches him to love without "unmanning" him.
Third, I just love a hero I can daydream about. If he's an Alpha male and his love scenes are 4 Hearts plus, more's the better!
Finally, I like being swept away in a good romance novel. Whether it's a mystery, a paranormal, or a simple love story, by the last page, I want to have experienced a celebration of the better parts of human