roman d'amour

toward a definition of a romance novel

Oct 12, 2022

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This newsletter is going to be about a lot of things: film noir, construction of legal rules, Sir Walter Scott, dual POV, and me trying my best not to annoy every romance novel reader who is so rightfully protective of this genre.

Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944) dir. by Billy Wilder. It is the scene where they are discussing the insurance fraud scheme in the grocery store. — it’s straight down the line for the both of us. remember?

film noir

Film noir is a term coined in France in 1946 to describe a…

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