Comments on: State of the Scholarship http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/04/07/state-of-the-scholarship/ What's hip, what's now, what's tomorrow in the romance genre world. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:26:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: KeVinK http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/04/07/state-of-the-scholarship/comment-page-1/#comment-24566 KeVinK Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:41:09 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/04/07/state-of-the-scholarship/#comment-24566 The scholarship is indeed heartening. There's more to this genre than most imagine. I wonder, though, if romance novels and scholarship will always suffer the same social and academic stigma. Confronted with a work of science fiction which meets their standards of excellence, they either deny it's science fiction or praise it for rising above its genre. The scholarship is indeed heartening. There’s more to this genre than most imagine.

I wonder, though, if romance novels and scholarship will always suffer the same social and academic stigma. Confronted with a work of science fiction which meets their standards of excellence, they either deny it’s science fiction or praise it for rising above its genre.

]]> By: Virginia http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/04/07/state-of-the-scholarship/comment-page-1/#comment-24554 Virginia Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:14:27 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/04/07/state-of-the-scholarship/#comment-24554 Well, maybe someday romance will get respect. Saturday evening we went to the WNO performance of Richard Wagner's The Flying Dutchman (premiered 1843). The program says that the audiences loved it, but the critics panned it. Let's see, it had a tortured hero (really tortured) paranormal elements, including a curse a mercenary father a pure and noble heroine passion rivalry for the heroine's hand and even some inspirational bits. Unfortunately, in the next-to-the last scene, it also had a plot hole open up that was big enough to swallow the entire production. That may have been what bothered the critics. Well, maybe someday romance will get respect. Saturday evening we went to the WNO performance of Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman (premiered 1843). The program says that the audiences loved it, but the critics panned it.

Let’s see, it had
a tortured hero (really tortured)
paranormal elements, including a curse
a mercenary father
a pure and noble heroine
passion
rivalry for the heroine’s hand
and even some inspirational bits.

Unfortunately, in the next-to-the last scene, it also had a plot hole open up that was big enough to swallow the entire production. That may have been what bothered the critics.

]]> By: Gail Dayton http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/04/07/state-of-the-scholarship/comment-page-1/#comment-24553 Gail Dayton Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:05:02 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/04/07/state-of-the-scholarship/#comment-24553 All of this scholarship is so heartening. One hesitates to hope that romance will someday receive the respect it deserves...but dang, this makes it hard not to. I've really enjoyed the summaries from the Popular Culture conference. All of this scholarship is so heartening. One hesitates to hope that romance will someday receive the respect it deserves…but dang, this makes it hard not to. I’ve really enjoyed the summaries from the Popular Culture conference.

]]> By: RfP http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/04/07/state-of-the-scholarship/comment-page-1/#comment-24551 RfP Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:23:07 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/04/07/state-of-the-scholarship/#comment-24551 I know and love the wiki, but I didn't know about the plans for a journal. That's wonderful news! I know and love the wiki, but I didn’t know about the plans for a journal. That’s wonderful news!

]]> By: Victoria Janssen http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/04/07/state-of-the-scholarship/comment-page-1/#comment-24550 Victoria Janssen Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:29:11 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2008/04/07/state-of-the-scholarship/#comment-24550 [DANCING WITH HAPPINESS AT THE WIKI I DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED] [DANCING WITH HAPPINESS AT THE WIKI I DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED]

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