Comments for The Romance MFA / On a Quest to Understand the History of Historical Romance Tue, 07 Jan 2020 23:25:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Comment on Romance Writers of America and Racism by Robin Bayne /romance-writers-of-america-and-racism/#comment-26 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 23:25:11 +0000 https://www.romancemfa.com/?p=1192#comment-26 I dropped RWA years ago, and just stumbled upon this scandal yesterday. Your piece is well written, sad it had to be said. ]]> Comment on Gilded Age Bibliography: Primary Sources Available Free in Google Books by JennyME /gilded-age-bibliography-primary-sources-available-free-in-google-books/#comment-25 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 19:33:24 +0000 https://www.romancemfa.com/?p=1155#comment-25 ]]> These are amazing resources! I love reading about the Gilded Age. ❤ ]]> Comment on Mary Balogh’s Slightly Married by Cherri Porter /mary-baloghs-slightly-married/#comment-24 Mon, 02 Sep 2019 22:37:43 +0000 https://www.romancemfa.com/?p=1131#comment-24 You can’t skip the rest. The ones in the middle make Wulf’s tale more juicy. His book is my favorite. ]]> Comment on Romance Podcast List – November 2018 Update by JennyME /romance-podcast-list-november-2018/#comment-21 Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:29:32 +0000 https://www.romancemfa.com/?p=795#comment-21 Thank you for this list! I can’t wait to add these to my rotation. ]]> Comment on Author Interviews from the Romance MFA Syllabus: E.M. Hull by Laura Vivanco /author-interviews-from-the-romance-mfa-syllabus-e-m-hull/#comment-18 Tue, 16 Oct 2018 12:47:50 +0000 https://www.romancemfa.com/?p=616#comment-18 I hadn’t seen this thesis before, so thank you! I’ve added its details to the Romance Wiki bibliography. ]]> Comment on Antique Advice from The Married Lady’s Companion: When your daughter falls in love by Pamela Andrews /antique-advice-when-your-daughter-falls-in-love/#comment-16 Fri, 24 Aug 2018 18:28:31 +0000 https://www.romancemfa.com/?p=535#comment-16 In reply to Laura Vivanco.

I’m afraid I haven’t read Madame Bovary, but just from a plot summary it appears that she is conscious/cognizant of deliberately rejecting everyday life, while Don Quixote is about losing touch with reality and slipping into fantasy. My memory of DQ is that it is presented as a weakness of his (elderly) mind that he is prey to fantastic ideas, while MB sounds more like strength of will to reject/reshape her reality?

]]> Comment on Antique Advice from The Married Lady’s Companion: When your daughter falls in love by Laura Vivanco /antique-advice-when-your-daughter-falls-in-love/#comment-15 Thu, 23 Aug 2018 22:50:01 +0000 https://www.romancemfa.com/?p=535#comment-15 “Has anyone written a female Don Quixote?”

Would Madame Bovary count?

]]> Comment on Kathleen Winsor’s Forever Amber: a sexually liberated heroine by Annemarie Selinko's Désirée - The Romance MFA /kathleen-winsors-forever-amber-a-sexually-liberated-heroine/#comment-14 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 20:02:47 +0000 https://www.romancemfa.com/?p=587#comment-14 […] Andrews was a cloying goody-two-shoes. Scarlett O’Hara was a bitch in a racist narrative, and Amber St. Claire grew monotonous in her promiscuity. Désirée Clary, though, leaves me indifferent, even after following her life and loves for six […] ]]> Comment on Forever Amber reading update by The Psycho Ladies Safety Bicycle and other research reading - The Romance MFA /forever-amber-reading-update/#comment-13 Mon, 25 Jun 2018 13:01:24 +0000 https://www.romancemfa.com/?p=546#comment-13 […] been taking a week for pleasure reading — i.e. still haven’t finished Forever Amber — since I finished my book draft. Of the several books I’ve gone through, I greatly […] ]]> Comment on 45 Romance Podcasts for Your Listening Pleasure! by State of the Author - May 2018 - The Romance MFA /45-romance-podcasts-for-your-listening-pleasure/#comment-12 Mon, 28 May 2018 13:16:31 +0000 https://www.romancemfa.com/?p=473#comment-12 […] 3,500 pages from my Romance MFA syllabus, amassed a RSS feed with 150+ romance blogs, found 45 romance podcasts, and followed countless discussions on the Romancelandia regions of Twitter. I’ve learned a lot, […] ]]>