Classic love & romance literature : an encyclopedia of works, characters, authors & themes

This text provides entries encompassing more than 60 novel-length works and 68 authors.

The encyclopaedia addresses the plots, characters, concepts, and authors of traditional romance literature and "classic" works.

There are entries for major works, individual authors, major characters, and important terms and concepts for understanding romance elements.

The introduction discusses the elements important to an understanding of traditional romance, and also provides an historical overview of the development of the genre.

Entries include: "The Accidental Tourist"; "The African Queen"; Jane Austen; fairy tales; George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion"; Heathcliffe; love triangles; satire; Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Much Ado About Nothing"; "A Tale of Two Cities"; Edith Wharton; and "Wuthering Heights".