ThereвЂ™s a bunch of history about Mills & Boon and Harlequin and how this all came to be (IвЂ™ll be reading this book at some miraculous time in the future when I have a spare $99 and nothing else to do: PassionвЂ™s Fortune: The Story of Mills & Boon, ). And Anne Mather and Violet Winspear are so good at that tale-telling. But how the author thinks about it, caresses it. (*passes more gin*) Shakespeare was a trope peddler he basically wrote the same old stories. (Just as I like archetypes, I like tropes. TROPE: Latin tropus, from Greek tropos turn, way, manner, style, trope, from trepein to turn. Some could argue that means Georgette Heyer, but I decided to begin with what I consider contemporaryвЂ¦so that means Harlequin. I find myself going further and further back into the archives until I finally decided to start at the beginning. I feel alive! Ever since I started reading romance novels (about five years ago) it has been like peeling an onion.

What Krentz says in that little clip basically boils down to this: these books satisfy something deep and meaningful in me.

(HereвЂ™s some Anne Mather for your troubles.) If the word archetype rattles you or frustrates you or immediately makes you shout вЂњPatriarchy!вЂќ вЂњMisogyny!вЂќ вЂњFool!вЂќ it would probably be better for both of us if you step away from this blog and grab a gin. Whenever I embark upon the fraught task of pretending I know anything about the romance genre, I re-watch this Jayne Ann Krentz clip ( ) and think fondly of Joseph CampbellвЂ™s Hero With a Thousand Faces. I know so little! But I guess I am sort of feverish about what little I know, so here goes. So when Sara asked me to write a post for this blog I was a bit surprised. Then I just want to carom about and nip at their ankles like a puppy: вЂњWhat should I read next?! What did you think of this one?!вЂќ They tolerate me. When I meet people like or who have been reading these books for decades I am simultaneously cowed and jealous.

I am a late-bloomer in most things and a love of vintage Harlequin Romances is no exception. I seem to preface everything I write lately with phrases like, вЂњ There are many people out there who know WAY more about this than I do.вЂќ So, as usual, that applies here too. Take it away MeganвЂ¦ Vintage Harlequin and The Art of Forgiveness Posted September 30th, 2012 by Sara in Blog, Book Bites, Books, Let's Talk Books!, Musings / 6 comments I invited a fellow HarlequinJunkie and Author вЂMegan MulryвЂ™ to blog about one of our favorite Topics вЂVintange HarlequinвЂ™s Book Bites: Vintage Harlequin and The Art of Forgiveness by Megan Mulry

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