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Scholarly types! The call for papers for the next @iaspr.bsky.social conference is now open. It'll be in Oviedo, Spain in June 2027 and the theme is Choosing Love, centring around hope and optimism in a world which often does not engender especially hopeful or optimistic feelings about the future.
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Choosing Love: Call for Papers, IASPR Conference 2027 – International Association for the Study of Popular Romance
![It is necessary to anticipate our findings somewhat by making the following point: Analysis will show that the real appeal of the love-pulp does not lie in the plot, or even in the problem underlying the plot. The elements of the problem are, of course, necessary in order to give form and structure to the narrative; but they are merely incidental to the real purpose. This purpose is to provide the emotional thrills of romantic love.
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