Throughout history, the representation of women in medical romance fiction has changed with the times. While an individual assumption can be pulled from different time periods, a chronological analysis of Doctor Zay, Promise the Doctor, A Princess in Theory, and The Love Hypothesis was conducted to show the changes of women’s empowerment, but also how women’s empowerment has stayed the same through the medical romance genre. A historical analysis was done to incorporate background information on what was going on during those times along with bridging the gap between the medical romance novels.
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Doctor Zay is a novel written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in 1882. (11)
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Promise the Doctor is a Harlequin medical romance novel written by Marjorie Norrell in 1966. (19)
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A Princess in Theory, written by Alyssa Cole in 2018. (23)
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The final novel to be discussed is The Love Hypothesis written in 2021 by Ali Hazelwood. (28)
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