Here's part of the abstract, which explains why I've included this item despite the fact that the novel (as the article itself demonstrates) may be classified in a variety of ways:
By discussing the novel as a romance narrative, this essay will argue for the importance and validity of a genre and the field of expertise attached to it – scholarship of the (popular) romance – that has developed, during the last decades, and especially since the beginning of the current century, important analytical tools for reading and understanding the representation of love in literary as well as popular narratives. Despite the undeniable revitalisation generic forms of literature are currently undergoing, the romance – and its critics – tend to remain excluded from academic debates concerning such revival.
Here's part of the abstract, which explains why I've included this item despite the fact that the novel (as the article itself demonstrates) may be classified in a variety of ways: