Welcome to Reformed Rakes. We’re a historical romance podcast steeped in depravity. Tune in if you’re a gun slinger, kissable spinster, or a second son with a chip on his shoulder.
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Listen to our latest episode! What makes something a romance novel? Most readers probably have an intuition of where their definitional lines are, and what are the make or break points, pushing something out of “romance” and into a neighboring genre. Critics and professional organizations of authors and publishers might provide a definition, for analysis or award purposes, to create parameters around what is the in and out group. Today’s episode is less about answering the question “what is a romance novel” and more a historiography of that question. When do we start asking it? How have the answers changed in the long arc of romance history? Who gets to decide what the final, be-all, end-all definition is? Are we ever open to change?
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