For its scale and internal complexity alone, the literary genre of “romance” warrants more study than it has received.

Angelina Eimannsberger
Angelina Eimannsberger is a PhD candidate in comparative literature and literary theory at the University of Pennsylvania and holds a graduate certificate in gender, sexuality, & women’s Studies. Her dissertation is tentatively titled Trivial Pursuits: Women Readers, Materialist Feminism, and the Bookish Life in Twenty-First Century America.