syn·aes·the·sia – a subjective sensation that occurs in one sense modality when another modality is stimulated…. syn·aes·thet'ic – involving more than one sense
Jennifer Hallock Session 5.2: History and Romance Abstract: Over 80% of bestselling historical romance books published in the first half of 2018 were set in Britain, either during the 19th century or the mediaeval period. These two fabricated chronotopes are selectively accurate to history and narrowly focused on high ranks of the nobility – in […]
Dr Stephanie Russo (Macquarie University, Australia) Session 5.1: History and Romance Abstract: Georgette Heyer’s fame, both in her own time and in ours, is inextricably connected to her representation of Regency England. However before Heyer wrote about the Regency, she was writing about the eighteenth century, setting her first novels in both England and France… […]
Recently I was fortunate to attend some sessions the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (aka IASPR) Conference with the theme ‘Think Globally, Love Locally?’ held in Sydney. Due to a combination of illness and other commitments I was unable to attend all the sessions. I also apologise profusely to all those who […]
