Melman, Billie (1988) Women and the Popular Imagination in the Twenties: Flappers and Nymphs Houndmills, Basingstoke: Macmillan Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Ethel M. Dell E. M. Hull sex/sexuality gender race/ethnicity settings metaphor/symbolism animals rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse pornography romances in magazines and newspapers social/economic class work community