Amish romance
Amish romance is a literary
History
The genre has proven lucrative for publishers,
While primarily written for and marketed to adult readers, some young adult Amish romance titles have been published as well.[3] According to a September 2013 Library Journal survey, Amish fiction is the most commonly carried subgenre of Christian fiction in public libraries, although the survey did not distinguish between Amish romance and other Amish-themed literature.[7]
Themes
Most works of Amish romance have protagonists with
Literary criticism
Reactions to works of Amish romance among the Amish themselves range from baffled (by things like deadly buggy accident themes) to repulsed (by evangelical notions of personal relationships with Jesus Christ which are inconsistent with the Amish view of salvation).[5]
Notable authors of Amish romance fiction
- Jean Brunstetter
- Wanda E. Brunstetter
- Amy Clipston
- Tricia Goyer
- Shelley Shepard Gray
- Kelly Irvin
- Beverly Lewis
- Ruth Reid
- Beth Wiseman
- Cindy Woodsmall
See also
References
- ^ Athitakis, Mark (July 25, 2001). "A Romance Glossary" Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine. SF Weekly. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ a b Miller, Lisa (2 December 2010). "Books: Amish Romance Novels". Newsweek. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ Salon. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ Riess, Jana (2010). "Agents Help Christian Novelists Success in Soft Market". Publishers Weekly. 257 (10): 8.
- ^ a b c d e Weaver-Zercher, Valerie (21 March 2013). "Bonnet Rippers: The Rise of the Amish Romance Novel". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ a b Weaver-Zercher, Valerie (6 June 2013). "Why Amish Romance Novels Are Hot". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ Reffner, Julia M. (7 November 2013). "Christian Fiction Sees the Light". Library Journal. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
Further reading
- Weaver-Zercher, Valerie (2013). Thrill of the Chaste: The Allure of Amish Romance Novels. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9781421408927.
- Weaver-Zercher, Valerie (June 2013). "It's Hip to be Plain". Sojourners.