This thesis presents a research question that relates to some of the key issues in literary gender studies, queer studies, romance studies, and psychoanalysis: what is the role of the reader’s...Show moreThis thesis presents a research question that relates to some of the key issues in literary gender studies, queer studies, romance studies, and psychoanalysis: what is the role of the reader’s gender and sexuality in the appreciation of (certain popular) genres that offer non-heteronormative representations of desire?Show less
