Love on wheels: American cycling-romance novels of the early 1880s
| dc.contributor.author | Buchanan, Dave | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-18T20:24:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-01-18T20:24:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Romantic fiction about cycling—sometimes called “cycling romance” (Chen) or “romantic bicycling fiction” (Hanlon)—is usually considered to have emerged in the 1890s, during the great “bicycle boom” that peaked mid-decade in North America, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere (Herlihy 251). High-wheel cycling had been popular in certain circles (mainly among well-off athletic men) as far back as the 1870s, but, in the late 1880s, the rise of the more affordable and accessible safety bicycle (with same-size wheels, much like bicycles today) and technical innovations (such as the pneumatic tire) led to an explosion in cycling’s popularity. | |
| dc.description.uri | https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/s3h/161925736 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Buchanan, D. (2021). Love on Wheels: American Cycling-Romance Novels of the Early 1880s. Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, 39(1), p1-24. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/3375 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved | |
| dc.subject | cycling romance | |
| dc.subject | romantic bicycling fiction | |
| dc.title | Love on wheels: American cycling-romance novels of the early 1880s | en |
| dc.type | Article |