2025/01/01 by Noam Raveh · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · #American and British Literature Analysis #Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research #Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics
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openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/12/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/06
Introduction Love is central to romance novels. This is hardly a controversial statement. However, many scholars, readers, and authors continuously grapple with the term. For example, Francesca M. Cancian asserts that love is a combination of instrumental and expressive qualities; love is indicated through both actions and words (693). According to Victor Karandashev, love comprises