A Princess in Theory
A Princess in Theory

Author: Alyssa Cole

Publisher: Avon

Published: 2018-02-27

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780062685544

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From acclaimed author Alyssa Cole comes the tale of a city Cinderella and her Prince Charming in disguise . . . Between grad school and multiple jobs, Naledi Smith doesn’t have time for fairy tales…or patience for the constant e-mails claiming she’s betrothed to an African prince. Sure. Right. Delete! As a former foster kid, she’s learned that the only things she can depend on are herself and the scientific method, and a silly e-mail won’t convince her otherwise. Prince Thabiso is the sole heir to the throne of Thesolo, shouldering the hopes of his parents and his people. At the top of their list? His marriage. Ever dutiful, he tracks down his missing betrothed. When Naledi mistakes the prince for a pauper, Thabiso can’t resist the chance to experience life—and love—without the burden of his crown. The chemistry between them is instant and irresistible, and flirty friendship quickly evolves into passionate nights. But when the truth is revealed, can a princess in theory become a princess ever after?

Creating Identity
Creating Identity

Author: Jayashree Kamble

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2023-06-06

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 0253065712

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While the world often categorizes women in reductive false binaries--careerist versus mother, feminine versus fierce--romance novels, a unique form of the love story, offer an imaginative space of mingled alternatives for a heroine on her journey to selfhood. In Creating Identity, Jayashree Kamblé examines the romance genre, with its sensile flexibility in retaining what audiences find desirable and discarding what is not, by asking an important question: "Who is the romance heroine, and what does she want?" To find the answer, Kamblé explores how heroines in ten novels reject societal labels and instead remake themselves on their own terms with their own agency. Using a truly intersectional approach, Kamblé combines gender and sexuality, Marxism, critical race theory, and literary criticism to survey various aspects of heroines' identities, such as sexuality, gender, work, citizenship, and race. Ideal for readers interested in gender studies and literary criticism, Creating Identity highlights a genre in which heroines do not accept that independence and strong, loving relationships are mutually exclusive but instead demand both, echoing the call from the very readers who have made this genre so popular.

Just Like This
Just Like This

Author: Cole McCade

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2020-11-24

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1488076936

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Two teachers at odds at an elite boys academy must bury the hatchet to help a student in this contemporary gay romance by the author of Just Like That. Rian Falwell has a problem. And his name is Damon Louis. Rian’s life as the art teacher to a gaggle of displaced boys at Albin Academy should be smooth sailing—until the stubborn, grouchy football coach comes into his world like a lightning strike and ignites a heated conflict that would leave them sworn enemies if not for a common goal. A student in peril. A troubling secret. And two men who are polar opposites but must work together to protect their charges. They shouldn’t want each other. They shouldn’t even like each other. Yet as they fight to save a young man from the edge, they discover more than they thought possible about each other—and about themselves. In the space between hatred, they find love. And the lives they have always wanted . . . Just like this. Praise for Just Like This “Scorching. . . . Achingly emotional sex scenes. The leads’ volatile emotions and the elusive mystery make for an un-put-downable gay romance.” —Publishers Weekly

A Princess in the Making
A Princess in the Making

Author: Melody Crombie

Publisher: Xulon Press

Published: 2009-03

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1607914662

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Rich playboy, Prince Kristen's time has run out and he has been ordered to marry quickly, produce an heir and do it all in secret! Why? Because his older brother (the crown prince) has contracted a fatal illness and Kristen must be ready to take over the monarchy when his father retires. The Danish Prince disguises himself and travels to the United States to find a bride. Only he discovers that Morgan, the woman he meets and marries, has a dark past she can't bring herself to reveal to her husband. Meanwhile, Morgan never suspects that her Kristen has been keeping a bigger secret. A Princess in the Making is a contemporary love story that retells the Biblical story of Hosea and Gomer (a prophet who is told by God to marry a prostitute). Melody Crombie lived in Germany as a teenager and traveled throughout Europe with her family while her step-father was in the military. Her husband, who is of Danish descent, was her inspiration for Prince Kristen. She currently lives in Northern California with her husband and children.

Real Princesses
Real Princesses

Author: Valerie Wilding

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2007-08-21

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 0802796753

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"Get the facts about princesses past and present--their clothes, their homes, their families, and their fates!"--P. [4] of cover.

Biography in Theory
Biography in Theory

Author: Wilhelm Hemecker

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-08-07

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 3110516691

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This textbook is an anthology of significant theoretical discussions of biography as a genre and as a literary-historical practice. Covering the 18th to the 21st centuries, the reader includes programmatic texts by authors such as Herder, Carlyle, Dilthey, Proust, Freud, Kracauer, Woolf and Bourdieu. Each text is accompanied by a commentary placing its contribution in critical context. Ideal for use in undergraduate seminars, this reader may also be of interest for academic researchers in the areas of literary studies and history aiming to get an overview of historical questions in biographical theory. This revised and updated English language edition also includes new translations of texts by J. G. Herder and Stefan Zweig, as well as an introductory discussion on the possibility of a ‘theory of biography’. Note: Due to copyright reasons, the chapter "Sade, Fourier, Loyola [Extract] (1971)" (pp. 175–177) by Roland Barthes could not be included in the ebook.

A Hybrid Theory of Metaphor
A Hybrid Theory of Metaphor

Author: M. Tendahl

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-08-27

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 0230244319

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A provoking new approach to how we understand metaphors thoroughly comparing and contrasting the claims made by relevance theorists and cognitive linguists. The resulting hybrid theory shows the complementarity of many positions as well as the need and possibility of achieving a broader and more realistic theory of our understanding.

Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social Movements
Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social Movements

Author: Shearon Roberts

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-03-20

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1793604029

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In the late 2000s, the Walt Disney Company expanded, rebranded, and recast itself around “woke,” empowered entertainment. This new era revitalized its princess franchise, seeking to elevate its female characters into heroes who save the day. Recasting the Disney Princess in an Era of New Media and Social Movements analyzes the way that the Walt Disney Company has co-opted contemporary social discourse, incorporating how audiences interpret their world through new media and activism into the company’s branding initiatives, programming, and films. The contributors in this collection study the company’s most iconic franchise, the Disney princesses, to evaluate how the company has addressed the patriarchy its own legacy cemented. Recasting the Disney Princess outlines how the current Disney era reflects changes in a global society where audiences are empowered by new media and social justice movements.