The new histories of love and romance offered within this edited collection illustrate the many changes, but also the surprising continuities in understandings of love, romance, affection, intimacy and sex from the First World War until the beginning of the Women's Liberation movement.
A. Harris
Love Romance Emotion Affection Sexuality Sex Gender Identity Twentieth-century British history Marriage Companionate Marriage Mutuality Marriage Guidance Marriage vows Working class culture
“The editors, Alana Harris and Timothy Willem Jones, are to be credited for isolating the critical themes and findings of their contributors in an excellent, wide-ranging and accessible introduction, which expertly and thoughtfully scrutinises the intersections between changing configurations of romantic love and the histories of both emotions and gender in modern Britain.” (Martin Francis, English Historical Review, Vol. 131 (552), October, 2016)