On historickiness, and ahistoricity
August 02, 2009 | Sunday | 41 CommentsEvil Auntie Peril wrote one of the most fascinating series of articles I’ve read in a while about selective filtering in romances. Essentially, she points out that certain types of details or tropes make it into romance novels because they’d be “historically accurate” (e.g., heroes who rape the heroine), but others are decidedly excluded because, while they may (or may not) be historically accurate, they’re icky, and pull you out of the fantasy—and chief among them is the issue of cleanliness. Go read the four-part post. READ IT. Go on. I’ll wait for you. It’s intelligent and thought-provoking, and it… read more »
