This is a review essay, with the books under discussion united by theme: "In the last year I have become an aficionado of the poetry-bashing or poetry-praising novel, and still more of the novel-with-a-poet-protagonist" (65).
Only the first book to be discussed, Georgette Heyer's The Grand Sophy and possibly the second-last, A. S. Byatt's Possession, are directly relevant to the study of romance. See Teach Me Tonightwhere Eric put up a post that includes all of the section of this which is about Georgette Heyer.
This is a review essay, with the books under discussion united by theme: "In the last year I have become an aficionado of the poetry-bashing or poetry-praising novel, and still more of the novel-with-a-poet-protagonist" (65).
Only the first book to be discussed, Georgette Heyer's The Grand Sophy and possibly the second-last, A. S. Byatt's Possession, are directly relevant to the study of romance. See Teach Me Tonight where Eric put up a post that includes all of the section of this which is about Georgette Heyer.