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Romantic Discourse and Political Modernity

or the generations of Rombauers who continue the Joy at Cooking. And the Feminist Companion seems somewhat uncomfortable with popular literature, especially its romance forms: while Barbara Cartland merits an entry, Judith Krantz and DanieUe Steel do not, nor does the prolific 'Miss Read,' an English institution for her fortyodd nostalgic (yet woman-centred) novels of village life. (A topical entry on popular literature would be a useful addition.) The decision not to provide an index by nation or national origin is more consequential, since a novice to the field perhaps an undergraduate searching for nineteenth-century Canadian or African American women writers would have no point of purchase on the Feminist Companion. Surely such listings, offered provisionally, would not have typed the women as national 'icons' (x), which is the editors' concern. With the exception of this point, however, none of the above choices impairs the utility of this comprehensive and easily accessible volume. 'Companionable,' as its name suggests, it is designed to encourage browsing and bedtime reading, and destined to become a well-thumbed classic on the reference shelf.