Editorial: Degrees of Love and Trope Actually

Amy Matthews; Justina Ashman; Millie Heffernan; Payton Hogan; Abby Guy; Harrison Stewart; Kathleen Stanley; Alex Cothren; Elizabeth Duffield

doi:10.52086/001c.142608

Editorial: Degrees of Love and Trope Actually

Amy Matthews, Justina Ashman, Millie Heffernan, Payton Hogan, Abby Guy, Harrison Stewart, Kathleen Stanley, Alex Cothren, Elizabeth Duffield

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In August 2024, the Degree of Love research collective at Flinders University hosted a one-day a academic symposium attached to the Romance Writers Australia (RWA) conference in Tarntanya / Adelaide.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Text (Australia)
Volume	29
Issue number	Special 75
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.52086/001c.142608
Publication status	Published - 30 Jul 2025

Keywords

romance fiction
romance writers
tropes
popular romance
romance readers
romance novel
happily ever after
reader expectation

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