HISTORY OF THE ROMANCE NOVEL (episode 2): The Romance Wars

Описание: In this second episode of my series of videos about the history of romance novels, we look at the rise in popularity of Harlequin in the 1970s, followed by the rise of competing romance lines from other major publishers.

The years covered in this episode are roughly from 1970 to 1989 (i.e. the 1970s and 1980s).

As I note at the beginning of the video, this episode's focus is on contemporary romance (especially the numbered book lines that are known as "category romance"). The focus is also mainly on the U.S. and Canadian market, not what was published in other countries.

Historical romance is the other half of the story of the 1970s-80s romance boom, and I will address that in a future episode.

Hopefully this video will function as a useful method of introducing people to the romance genre and making them aware of its history.

This episode is long (35 minutes) and crammed with info, so I also hope that it's not too overwhelming! (Believe it or not, I left out several other romance lines that I could have mentioned that were also publishing at that time, such as "House of Romance," "Sapphire Romance," "Love & Life," "Finding Mr. Right," etc.)

Comments, criticisms, corrections, etc. are welcomed.

Thanks for watching!

EDITED TO ADD:
I noticed that around the 32 minute mark, I accidentally said that 1987 was the 30th anniversary of Dell's Candlelight brand. In fact, it was the 20th anniversary, not 30th. (1967 to 1987 is 20 years, not 30.)

I also want to add Jacqueline Diaz to the list of names who helped make the video possible. I borrowed one image (a Harlequin Presents cover) from her excellent blog, "Sweet Savage Flame," which can be found at https://sweetsavageflame.com/

If I discover any more errors needing correcting, or omissions needing to be added, I will post them here.