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Topic

Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)

Charlotte Brontë

Daphne du Maurier

Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert

Claudette Nicole

Abdullah-Poulos, Layla (2016) Muslim Love American Style: Islamic-American Hybrid Culture and Native-Born American Black Muslim Romance MA thesis, SUNY Empire State College

Topic

Islam

Muslim romance

Abdullah-Poulos, Layla (2018) The Stable Muslim Love Triangle - Triangular Desire in African American Muslim Romance Fiction Journal of Popular Romance Studies 7:

Topic

Islam

Muslim romance

Abrahamsson, Elin (2018) Enahanda läsning: En queer tolkning av romancegenren PhD, Stockholm University

Topic

Abrahamsson, Elin (2021) Superwomen, Latte Dads and Feminist Alphas: Negotiations on Feminism in Contemporary Swedish Popular Romance Novels Journal of Popular Romance Studies 10:

Topic

Abrahamsson, Elin (2022) " Rättvisemärkt romantik: Feelgood, flärd och feminism i samtida svensk romance " Speglingar av feelgood: Genre, etikett eller känsla? 185-230

Topic

Achieng’, Okang’a Nancy (2017) A Cosmopolitan National Romance: A Study of In Dependence by Sarah Ladipo Manyika MA thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Topic

Sarah Ladipo Manyika

Nigeria

Africa

Ackley, Katherine Anne (1990) Women and Violence in Literature: An Essay Collection New York: Garland

Acosta, Leonardo (1974) Penetración cultural imperialista en América Latina: comics y revistas femeninas Bogotá: Ediciones Los Comuneros

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Topic

Adamenko, Olga Klymenko, Olga (2020) Communicative Behavior via Gender Identity (Based on the English language “Love Stories”) Psycholinguistics 27.2:44-70

Topic

Adams, Kathleen Barzun (2003) Thirty years of change: heroes, heroines, and the popular romance MA thesis, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut

Topic

Adamu, Yusuf M. (2021) Hausa Prose-Fiction: A Reader Kano, Nigeria: Bayero University Press

Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane (2004) Perceptions of Romance Readers: An Analysis of Missouri Librarians Paper presented at Library Research Seminar III, Kansas City, MO. :

Topic

Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane (2006) Relations Between Librarians and Romance Readers: A Missouri Survey Public Libraries 45.4:54-64

Topic

Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane Hill, Heather L. (2008) Romance novels in American public libraries: A study of collection development practices Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 32.2:59-67

Topic

Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane (2010) Promoting Romance Novels in American Public Libraries Public Libraries 49.4:41-48

Topic

Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane L. (2010) Romance promotion in American public libraries Public Libraries 49.4:41-48

Aiken Hodge, Jane (1984) The Private World of Georgette Heyer London: Bodley Head

Topic

Al Thobaiti, Fatmah (2019) Afterlife of the Romance Hero: Readers’ Reproduction of Romance Journal of Popular Romance Studies 8:

Topic

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Topic

Alberti, Paola Fortunati, Vita Franci, Giovanna Galateria, Daria Mangaroni, Rosella Pozzato, Maria Pia Sabbadini, Tiziana Tempera, Mariangela (1986) Maestre d'amore: eroine e scrittrici nell'impero del rosa inglese Bari: Edizioni Dedalo

Topic

Elinor Glyn

Alberto, Maria (2022) " Original Slash, Romance, and C.S. Pacat’s Captive Prince " New Frontiers in Popular Romance: Essays on the Genre in the 21st Century 216-232

Topic

C. S. Pacat

fanfiction

Alberts, J. K. (1986) The Role of Couples' Conversations in Relational Development: A Content Analysis of Courtship Talk in Harlequin Romance Novels Communication Quarterly 34.2:127-142

Topic

Alcala Gonzalez, Antonio Sederholm, Carl H. (2022) Lovecraft in the 21st Century: Dead, But Still Dreaming New York and Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge

Alexander, Camille S. (2022) " “The Realness” in Jasmine Guillory’s Sista Lit Rom Com Novels " New Frontiers in Popular Romance: Essays on the Genre in the 21st Century 121-135

Topic

Jasmine Guillory

rom-com romance

ageism

Alexander, Alison (1994) A Mortal Flame: Marie Bjelke Petersen, Australian Romance Writer 1874-1969 Hobart: Blubber Head Press

Topic

Marie Bjelke Petersen

Australia

Alfonso García, María del Carmen (2000) " Sobre novela rosa y condición femenina en la España de posguerra " Homenaje a José María Martínez Cachero: investigación y crítica, Vol. 2 23-40

Topic

Ali, Kecia (2017) Human in Death: Morality and Mortality in J. D. Robb's Novels Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press

Topic

science fiction/futuristic romance

police officers/police forces

Ali, Kecia (2017) Troubleshooting Post-9/11 America: Religion, Racism, and Stereotypes in Suzanne Brockmann’s Into the Night and Gone Too Far Journal of Popular Romance Studies 6:

Topic

Suzanne Brockmann

Ali, Kecia (2018) Romance Fiction in the Archives Journal of Popular Romance Studies 7:

Topic

Ali, Kecia (2019) Sacrifices, Sidekicks, and Scapegoats: Black Characters and White Stories in Nora Roberts’s Romances Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture 4.2:149-168

Topic

death

romantic suspense

police officers/police forces

Ali, Kecia (2021) " Author studies and popular romance fiction " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 320-334 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-14

Topic

Marie Bjelke Petersen

Suzanne Brockmann

Jennifer Crusie

Allan, Jonathan A. (2011) Theorising Male Virginity in Popular Romance Novels Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.1:

Topic

virginity

Allan, Jonathan A. (2016) Reading from Behind: A Cultural Analysis of the Anus Regina: University of Regina Press

Topic

m/m romance

Anne Tenino

Allan, Jonathan A. (2016) The Purity of His Maleness: Masculinity in Popular Romance Novels The Journal of Men's Studies 24.1:24-41

Topic

virginity

Allan, Jonathan A. Santos, Cristina Spahr, Adriana (2016) Virgin Envy: The Cultural Insignificance of the Hymen London: Zed

Allan, Jonathan A. (2020) Men, Masculinities, and Popular Romance Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

Topic

virginity

Marie Sexton

health/medical

Allan, Jonathan A. (2020) Mourning and Sentimental Heroism in Maureen Child's Lost in Sensation The Journal of Popular Culture ONLINE FIRST:ONLINE FIRST

Topic

Allan, Jonathan A. (2020) “And he absolutely fascinated me”: Masculinity and Virginity in Sherilee Gray’s Breaking Him Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9:

Topic

Allan, Jonathan A. (2021) " Gender and sexuality " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 428-453 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-20

Topic

pornography

lesbian romance

m/m romance

Allan, Jonathan A. (2022) " Healing Toxic Masculinity in Sweatpants Season by Danielle Allen " New Frontiers in Popular Romance: Essays on the Genre in the 21st Century 17-30

Topic

Danielle Allen

Allan, Jonathan A. (2022) " One Sexy Daddy: Desirable Dad "Bods" and the Popular Romance Novel " Fashionable Masculinities: Queers, Pimp Daddies, and Lumbersexuals 83-??

Topic

fat, fatness

family

Allan, Jonathan A. (2022) ‘Impossibly erotic things’: On men’s underwear in Brief Encounters by Suzanne Forster Critical Studies in Men's Fashion 9.2:207-222

Topic

fashion/clothing

Suzanne Forster

Allan, Jonathan A. (2022) " “A Most Unlikely Hero”: Disability, Masculinity, and Sexuality in Harlequin Superromance Novels " The Male Body in Representation: Returning to Matter 215-235 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88604-2_10

Topic

disability

Fay Robinson/Carmel Parsons Thomaston

Kay Stockham

Allan, Jonathan (2022) " Self-improvement as proof of love in The Bromance Book Club " The Routledge Companion to Romantic Love DOI:10.4324/9781003022343-13

Topic

Lyssa Kay Adams

Allan, Janice M. (1990) The Romantic Reading Process: Towards a New Definition Master of Arts, University of Alberta

Topic

Allen, Margaret Blackburn, Jean Johnson, Carol King, Margaret Mackinnon, Alison (1984) All Her Labours: Embroidering the Framework Sydney: Hale and Iremonger

Allen, Amanda Kirstin (2010) The Girls’ Guide to Power: Romancing the Cold War PhD, University of Alberta

Topic

Allen, Amanda K. (2009) The Cinderella-Makers: Postwar Adolescent Girl Fiction as Commodity Tales Lion and the Unicorn 33.3:282-299

Topic

Allen, Amanda K. (2012) Charm the Boys, Win the Girls: Power Struggles in Mary Stolz’s Cold War Adolescent Girl Romance Novels Journal of Popular Romance Studies 3.1:

Topic

Mary Stolz

Allen, Amanda K. (2016) “Dear Miss Daly”: 1940s Fan Letters to Maureen Daly and the Age-Grading and Gendering of Seventeenth Summer Children's Literature Association Quarterly 41.1:24-40

Topic

Allen, Amanda K. (2021) " Young adult romance " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 168-190 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-7

Topic

Allport, Tanya (1988) Female journeys: the place of Jane Eyre and "Mills and Boon" in the search for women's existential space MA thesis, University of Auckland

Topic

Alonso Valero, Encarna (2011) Cincuenta años de usos amorosos: El amor y la novela rosa Ogigia: Revista electrónica de estudios hispánicos 9:33-43

Topic

Alonso Valero, Encarna (2012) Corín Tellado y la novela rosa Ogigia: Revista electrónica de estudios hispánicos 12:33-44

Topic

Alpalhão, Margarida Santos Carreto, Carlos F. Clamote Dias, Isabel de Barros (2017) O jogo do mundo: ensaios sobre o imaginário lúdico : Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição (IELT)/NOVA FCSH

Altus, Marilyn (1984) Sugar-coated Pills Orana 20.2-3:71-90

Álvarez, Marta Hekmat, Ida Lauret-Taft, Sabine (2017) L’amour. Création et société Paris: Michel Houdiard Editeur

Álvarez, Blanca (1992) Corín Tellado ¿Yo soy así? Madrid: Grupo Libro 88

Topic

Álvarez, Blanca (2000) " Corín Tellado: mantilla y matrimonio " La novela popular en España (vol 1.) 147-154

Topic

Amaya García, Marcela (2011) Análisis discursivo de la construcción identitaria femenina y masculina en fotonovelas de Corín Tellado Sociedad & Equidad 2:103-122

Topic

fotonovela

Ammidown, Steve (2021) Romance Writers of America Rescind Award for Lakota Genocide Redemption Narrative Library Journal :

Topic

Native American romance

Amorós, Andrés (1968) Sociología de una novela rosa Madrid: Taurus

Topic

Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)

sociology

Anderson, Rachel (1974) The Purple Heart Throbs: The Sub-Literature of Love London: Hodder and Stoughton

Topic

Rita, pen name of Mrs. Eliza Margaret Humphreys

Ouida

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Effie Adelaide Rowlands, also known as Madame Albanesi

Margaret Baillie-Saunders

Joan Butler, pen name of R. W. Alexander

Kate Norway/Olive Norton

Anderson, Jennifer (1981) Mills and Boon: love and oppression Broadway [N.S.W.]: New South Wales Institute of Technology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Topic

Anderton, Gretchen E. (2009) Excitement, adventure, indifference: Romance readers' perceptions of how romance reading impacts their sex lives Doctor of Education, Widener University

Topic

Andrade, Roberta Manuela Barros de Silva, Erotilde Honório (2008) Os Livros do Coração: uma análise dos romances sentimentais do Século XX Contracampo 18:203-224

Topic

Andrade, Roberta Manuela Barros de Silva, Erotilde Honório (2010) A vida em cor de rosa: o romance sentimental e a ditadura militar no Brasil Famecos 17.2:41-48

Topic

Andrade, Roberta Manuela Barros de Silva, Erotilde Honório (2010) Corpos que falam: erotismo, amor e paixão no romance sentimental Comunicarte 30.41:9-25

Topic

Elinor Glyn

Andrade, Roberta Manuela Barros de Silva, Erotilde Honório (2013) A pedagogia social dos romances de amor dos “tempos da vovó” Tensões Mundias 9.21:251-274

Topic

Andrade, Roberta Manuela Barros de Silva, Erotilde Honório (2013) O Consumo de Romances e o Universo Feminino: As Práticas de Leitura dos Livros do Coração Interin 15.1:50-63

Topic

Andrade, Roberta Manuela Barros de Silva, Erotilde Honório (2013) O que é o romance ideal? Uma cartografia dos romances mais populares publicados pela Harlequim-Silhouette entre 1977 e 2012 Intercom –Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da ComunicaçãoXXXVI Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação –Manaus, AM–4a 7/9/2013 :

Topic

Andrade, Roberta Manuela Barros de Silva, Erotilde Honório (2014) Os Romances Sentimentais e suas Comunidades de Leitura O público e o privado 24:119-134

Topic

Andrade, Roberta Manuela Barros de Nascimento, Antonio Marcos Fonseca do Freitas, Tatiane Lima de (2015) As representações de masculinidades e feminilidades nos romances de banca de Diana Palmer nos anos de 1990 Linguagem em Foco 7.2:119-131

Topic

Diana Palmer

Andrade, Roberta Manuela Barros de Silva, Erotilde Honório Feitosa, Ricardo Augusto de Sabóia (2017) O casamento em perigo no romance sentimental de Corin Tellado e a imprensa feminina na ditadura militar brasileira 18º Congresso Brasileiro de Sociologia26 a 29 de julho de 2017, Brasília-DFGrupo de Trabalho: Literatura e Sociedade :

Topic

Andrade, Roberta Manuela Barros de Feitosa, Ricardo Augusto de Sabóia (2018) A cultura emotiva das comunidades virtuais de leitura de livros de amor RBSE Revista Brasileira de Sociologia da Emoção 17.51:91-104

Topic

Andrade, Roberta Manuela Barros de Feitosa, Ricardo Augusto de Sabóia Silva, Erotilde Honório (2019) Emoção e moralidade em tempos de ruptura: o estupro nas relações conjugais nos romances sentimentais e suas comunidades de leitura O público e o privado 34:137-161

Topic

Andrade, Roberta Manuela Barros de Viana, Thiago Mena Barreto Feitosa, Ricardo Augusto de Sabóia (2020) Prazer, Emoção e Cotidiano na Leitura de Romances Sentimentais Intercom–Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação43º Congresso Brasileiro de Ciências da Comunicação –VIRTUAL–1ºa 10/12/2020 :

Topic

Andrade, Roberta Manuela Barros de Silva, Erotilde Honório Feitosa, Ricardo Augusto de Sabóia Viana, Thiago Mena Barreto (2020) Um século de romances de amor: A trajetória da literatura sentimental no Brasil (1920 - 2020) :

Topic

Andresen, Julie Tetel (1999) " Postmodern Identity (Crisis): Confessions of a Linguistic Historiographer and Romance Writer " Romantic Conventions 173-186

Topic

Andreu, Alicia G. (1998) La obra de Carmen de Icaza en la difusión de un "nuevo" concepto de nación española Revista Hispánica Moderna 51.1:64-71

Topic

Carmen de Icaza

national identity

Andreu, Alicia G. (2000) " Literatura popular española fascista: discurso de la nación " Actas del XIII Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas: Madrid 1998: IV: Historia y sociedad comparada y otros estudios 45-50

Topic

Carmen de Icaza

cross-dressing

Andreu, Alicia G. (2002) La Sección Femenina de la Falange en la obra de Carmen Martín Gaite: La popularidad de las novelas rosa en la posguerra española Revista de Estudios Hispánicos 36.1:145-157

Topic

Andreu, Alicia G. (2009) Difusión y distribución de Corín Tellado en Hispanoamérica Hispania 92.3:624-634

Topic

Latin America

Andreu, Alicia G. (2010) La construcción editorial de Corín Tellado Vigo: Editorial Academia del Hispanismo

Topic

Andreu, Alicia G. (2011) Corín Tellado y el discurso popular: “Peculiares confidencias” Romance Quarterly 58.1:16-26

Topic

Andrews, Maggie Talbot, Mary M. (2000) All the World and Her Husband: Women in Twentieth-Century Consumer Culture London: Cassell

Ang, Ien (1996) Living Room Wars: Rethinking Media Audiences for a Postmodern World London and New York: Routledge

Topic

Anita, Nababan, Mangatur Rudolf Santosa, Riyadi Wibowo, Agus Hari (2020) Shift on Functions of Sexual Euphemisms in English-Indonesian Translation of Duke of Her Own by Eloisa James International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change 13.4:92-107

Topic

Anta Félez, José Luis (2009) " Para una antropología del amor. La novela rosa y los productos de la cultura de masas " Poder, poderes y empoderamiento… ¿Y el amor? ¡Ah, el amor!: Actas 5º Congreso Estatal Isonomía sobre Igualdad entre mujeres y hombres 100-108

Topic

capitalism/business

Antonel, Emanuela (1983) Attraverso "il rosa" : un'avventura nel sentimento Laurea in lingue e letterature straniere e moderne, Università degli studi di Bologna

Anyiwo, U. Melissa (2015) Race in the Vampire Narrative Rotterdam: Sense Publishers

Anzaldúa, Saraliza (2015) Teratophilia: An Inquiry into Monster Erotica and the Feminine Psyche , National Taiwan University

Topic

Arargüç, M. Fikret (2012) Empire and Romance: John Masters's Nightrunners of Bengal Interactions: Ege Journal of British and American Studies 21.1-2:1-14

Topic

India

Araujo, Gail (2009) Living to read romance: The transformative potential of interpretive practice in romance reading MA thesis, California State University, Fullerton

Topic

Aravind, G. S. Dwivedi, Laxmi Dhar (2021) The Representation of Female Characters in the Romances of Hawthorne: A Comparison with the Popular Romance Fiction of America in the Twentieth Century International Journal of Mechanical Engineering 6.3:1703-1706

Topic

Ardis, Ann (1996) E. M. Hull, Mass Market Romance and the New Woman Novel in the Early Twentieth Century Women's Writing 3.3:287-296

Topic

Arimbi, Diah Ariani (2017) " Women in Indonesian Popular Fiction: Romance, Beauty, and Identity Politics in Metropop Novels " Traditions Redirecting Contemporary Indonesian Cultural Productions 247-271

Topic

Armstrong, Jane Byrski, Liz Merrick, Helen (2014) Love works: Reading and writing romance in the twenty-first century Australasian Journal of Popular Culture 3.3:257-261

Topic

Arnold, Marilyn (1981) " Pornography, Romance, and the Paradox of Freedom " Ye Are Free to Choose: Agency and the Latter-Day Saint Woman 50-62

Arnold-Forster, Agnes Moulds, Alison (2018) Medical women in popular fiction The BMJ Opinion September 26, 2018:

Topic

health/medical

medical romance

Arnold-Forster, Agnes (2021) Racing Pulses: Gender, Professionalism and Health Care in Medical Romance Fiction History Workshop Journal 91.1:157–181

Topic

medical romance

work

romance and, or as, activism

romances in magazines and newspapers

Elizabeth Gilzean

Alex Stuart

Hilda Pressley, pseudonym of Hilda Nickson

Arriaga Flórez, Mercedes Cruzado Rodríguez, Ángeles González de Sande, Estela González de Sande, Mercedes (2009) Escritoras y figuras femeninas (literatura en castellano) Sevilla: Arcibel Editores

Arslan, Antonia (1987) " Vivere in rosa per vivere in casa " Intorno al rosa

Arslan, Antonia Pozzato, Maria Pia (1989) " Il rosa " Letteratura italiana. Storia e geografia, III, L'età contemporanea 1027-1046

Topic

Italy

Arthur, Paul Longley Bode, Katherine (2014) Advancing Digital Humanities: Research, Methods, Theories Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Arvanitaki, Eirini (2017) Postmillennial femininities in the popular romance novel Journal of Gender Studies 28.1:18-28

Topic

Arvanitaki, Eirini (2019) " Gender in Recent Romance Novels: A Third Wave Feminist Mills and Boon Love Affair? " Re/Presenting Gender and Love 159–170 DOI:10.1163/9781848883437_016

Topic

Arvanitaki, Eirini (2022) Masculinities in Post-Millennial Popular Romance New York: Routledge

Topic

Asor Rosa, Alberto (1989) Letteratura italiana. Storia e geografia, III, L'età contemporanea Turin: Einaudi

Assiter, Alison (1988) " Romance Fiction: Porn for Women? " Perspectives on Pornography: Sexuality in Film and Literature 101-109

Topic

Assiter, Alison (1989) Pornography, Feminism and the Individual London: Pluto Press

Topic

pornography

Alice Ogando writing as Mary Love

Atkinson, Jacqueline M. (1994) The Psychiatrist, the Hero and the Romance Genre Psychiatric Bulletin 18.2:97–98

Topic

Atzenhoffer, Régine (2005) Ecrire l'amour kitsch - Approches narratologiques de l'oeuvre romanesque de Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867-1950) Bern: Peter Lang

Topic

Hedwig Courths-Mahler

Ávila, Debbie Maria (2005) The Romance Novel of the 1930s and 1940s in Spain and Portugal: The Cases of Carmen de Icaza and Alice Ogando PhD, University of California, Irvine

Topic

Carmen de Icaza

Alice Ogando writing as Mary Love

Ávila, Debbie Maria (2014) Conflicting Images of Womanhood in the Novels of Alice Ogando Cincinnati Romance Review 38:245-259

Topic

Awad, Amal (2021) Desert dreamings and sheikh-lit Meanjin 80.3:114-118

Topic

Ayala Rodríguez, Ida María Almaral Cereijo, Iraida Thalia (2022) Deconstructionism of the heroine in the novel The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer Sincronia 82:536-564

Topic

Jane Austen

Ayres, Brenda (2020) " "A Necessary Madness": PTSD in Mary Balogh's Survivors' Club Novels " Neo-Victorian Madness: Rediagnosing Nineteenth-Century Mental Illness in Literature and Other Media 97-120 DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-46582-7_5

Topic

Azorín Fernández, María Dolores (1983) La obra novelística de Rafael Pérez y Pérez Alicante: Instituto de Estudios Alicantinos

Topic

Rafael Pérez y Pérez

Bach, Evelyn (1997) Sheik Fantasies: Orientalism and Feminine Desire in the Desert Romance Hecate 23.1:9-40

Topic

Bachleitner, Norbert (2020) Literary Translation, Reception, and Transfer: The Many Languages of Comparative Literature Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Backman, Nelina Esther (1999) Evangelism Embarrassed: Christian Literature in a post-Christian Culture PhD, Brown University

Topic

Rachel Lee/Sue Civil-Brown

Badik, Victoria L. (1997) On Using Genre Fiction in Bibliotherapy Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2:242-245

Topic

JoAnn Ross

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Eileen Dreyer/Kathleen Korbel

Bagchi, Jayeeta (2000) Looking for Reality in Romance Social Scientist 28.3/4:30-39

Topic

Bailie, Helen T. (2011) Blood Ties: The Vampire Lover in the Popular Romance The Journal of American Culture 34.2:141-148

Topic

family

Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi

Balducci, Federica (2011) A Different Shade of Pink: Literary Thresholds and Cultural Intersections in Italian Chick Lit PhD, Victoria University of Wellington

Topic

Italy

Balducci, Federica (2011) Rethinking Romanzo Rosa: The first person narrator and changing gender roles in Brunella Gasperini’s Rosso di sera Italian Studies in Southern Africa/Studi d'Italianistica nell'Africa Australe 24.1:103-126

Topic

Balducci, Federica (2011) When chick lit meets romanzo rosa: Intertextual narratives in Stefania Bertola’s romantic fiction Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.1:

Topic

Baldus, Kimberly (2012) Gossip, Liminality, and Erotic Display: Jennifer Crusie’s Links to Eighteenth-Century Amatory Fiction Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.2:

Topic

Baldys, Emily M. (2012) Disabled Sexuality, Incorporated: The Compulsions of Popular Romance Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies 6.2:125-141

Topic

Balteskard, Susanna (2022) Feminism in Romance: How the romance genre has(n't) changed since the 1950s Bachelor thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Topic

Peggy Gaddis Dern with many pseudonyms including Perry Lindsay

Charlotte Lamb

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Banti, Anna (1961) Opinioni Milan: il Saggiatore

Banti, Anna (1961) " Storia e ragioni del romanzo rosa " Opinioni 75-82

Topic

Italy

Banzon-Mooney, Isabela (1997) ‘Cinderella,’ ‘Snow White’ and Romance Fiction Journal of English Studies and Comparative Literature 2.1:4-18

Topic

fairytales/folktales

Sandra Antonelli/Sandra A. Barletta

Barba, Shelley E. Perrin, Joy M. (2017) The Ascendance of Harley Quinn: Essays on DC's Enigmatic Villain Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company

Barber, Karin (1997) Readings in African Popular Culture Bloomington and Indianapolis: The International African Institute in association with Indiana University Press

Barker, Clare Murray, Stuart (2017) The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Barkman, Adam Sanna, Antonio (2020) A Critical Companion to Robert Zemeckis Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books

Barletta, Sandra A. (2014) Cougars, Grannies, Evil Stepmothers, and Menopausal Hot Flashers: Roles, Representations of Age, and the Non-traditional Romance Heroine PhD, Queensland University of Technology

Topic

ageism

Barletta, Sandra (2008) A first kiss is still a first kiss: romancing the mid-life reader and heroine: A basic renovation MA thesis, Queensland University of Technology

Topic

ageism

Sandra Antonelli/Sandra A. Barletta

Barot, Len (2016) " Queer Romance in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century America: Snapshots of a Revolution " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 389-404

Topic

Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Gordon Merrick

Radclyffe/Len Barot

erotic romance

Barr, Elizabeth (2013) “Who the devil wrote that?”: Intertextuality and Authorial Reputation in Georgette Heyer’s Venetia Journal of Popular Romance Studies 3.2:

Topic

Shakespeare

Barra, Andrea Cipriano (2014) Beyond the Bodice Ripper: Innovation and Change in the Romance Novel Industry PhD, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Topic

Barreca, Regina (1992) New Perspectives on Women and Comedy Philadelphia: Gordon and Breach

Barrett, Rebecca Kaye (2003) Higher Love: What Women Gain from Christian Romance Novels Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 4:

Topic

Barrett, Caroline (1979) La femme et la société dans la littérature sentimentale populaire québécoise, 1940-1960 Mémoire de maîtrise, Université Laval

Topic

Canada

Barrett, Caroline (1984) Qui a peur des petits romans à l’eau de rose? Nuit blanche 15:56

Topic

Barrett-Fox, Rebecca (2007) " Hope, Faith and Toughness: An Analysis of the Christian Hero " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 93-102

Topic

family

Barrett-Fox, Rebecca (2015) Review: When Mercy Rains Mennonite Life 69:

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Kim Vogel Sawyer

Barrett-Fox, Rebecca (2016) " Christian Romance Novels: Inspiring Convention and Challenge " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 347-368

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work

Barrett-Fox, Rebecca Donnelly, Kristen (2021) " Inspirational Romance " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 191-211 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-8

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Grace Livingston Hill

Janette Oke

Francine Rivers

Beverly Jenkins

Angela Benson

Philippines

Barrios, Joi (2001) Ang aking Prince Charming at iba pang noveleta ng pag-ibig Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press

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Joi Barrios

Bartlett, Lexey A. (2016) Review of Love Between the Covers by Laurie Kahn (Blueberry Hill Productions, 2015) Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy 3.2:

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Basu, Soumi Sinha Ray (2019) The Allure and the Shame of Popular Fiction: An Analysis of Mills & Boon Romances Asian Quarterly: An International Journal of Contemporary Issues 16.4:24-

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Basu, Balaka Broad, Katherine R. Hintz, Carrie (2013) Contemporary Dystopian Fiction for Young Adults: Brave New Teenagers New York: Routledge

Basu, Aparna (1995) Perspectives on Women: Canada and India Bombay: Allied Publishers

Baticle, Yveline (1984) Delly: autopsie du roman rose Communication et langages 61:77-86

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Batsleer, Janet (1981) Pulp in the Pink Spare Rib 109:52-55

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Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert

Batsleer, Janet Davies, Tony O'Rourke, Rebecca Weedon, Chris (1985) Rewriting English: Cultural Politics of Gender and Class London: Methuen

Topic

Batzke, Ina Erbacher, Eric C. Heß, Linda M. Lenhardt, Corinna (2018) Exploring the Fantastic: Genre, Ideology, and Popular Culture Bielefeld: transcript

Baum, Thomas (2012) Working the Skies: Changing Representations of Gendered Work in the Airline Industry, 1930-2011 Tourism Management 33.5:1185-1194

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Bayer-Berenbaum, Linda (1982) The Gothic Imagination: Expansion in Gothic Literature and Art Rutherford, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

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Bazenga, Aline (2019) " Turismo e Romance na Literatura Popular Cor-de-rosa Tendo por Cenário a Ilha da Madeira " Memoria e Identidade Insular: Religiosidade, Festividades e Turismo nos Arquipélagos da Madeira e Açores 323-335

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languages

Bazenga, Aline (2020) " Language Awareness in Four Romances Set on the Island of Madeira " Love, Language, Place, and Identity in Popular Culture: Romancing the Other 69-82

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languages

Bazenga, Aline (2022) " Paisaje sociocultural y lingüístico de la isla de Madeira: Visiones anglocéntricas en una muestra de seis novelas rosa " Discursos e Identidades en la Ficción Romántica: Visiones Anglófonas de Madeira y Canarias / Discourses and Identities in Romance Fiction: Anglophone Visions from Madeira and the Canaries 65-83

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metaphor/symbolism

Bazenga, Aline (2022) " The sociocultural and linguistic landscape of Madeira: Anglocentric visions in a sample of six romance novels " Discursos e Identidades en la Ficción Romántica: Visiones Anglófonas de Madeira y Canarias / Discourses and Identities in Romance Fiction: Anglophone Visions from Madeira and the Canaries 257-274

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metaphor/symbolism

Beauman, Nicola (1983) A Very Great Profession: The Woman’s Novel 1914-39 London: Virago

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Bédard-Cazabon, Hélène Bettinotti, Julia Provost, Christiane (1983) Harlequin: Quand l'amour est une guerre Etudes Littéraires 16.3:399-427

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Bédard-Cazabon, Hélène Provost, Christiane (1984) "Un subtil parfum de mensonge": essai d'analyse d'un corpus de romans harlequin Mémoire de maîtrise, Université du Québec à Montréal

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socialism and/or communism

Beers, Laura (2011) Feminism and Sexuality in Ellen Wilkinson's Fiction Parliamentary Affairs 64.2:248–262

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Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)

Beidler, Peter G. (1991) The Contemporary Indian Romance: A Review Essay American Indian Culture and Research Journal 15.4:97-101

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Native American romance

Béja, Alice (2019) La new romance et ses nuances. Marché littéraire, sexualité imaginaire et condition féminine Revue du Crieur 12.1:106-121

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Belgrave, Valerie (1990) " On Combining Batik Art and Novel Writing " Caribbean Women Writers: Essays from the First International Conference 317-324

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Belgrave, Valerie (1990) " Thoughts on the Choice of Theme and Approach in Writing Ti Marie " Caribbean Women Writers: Essays from the First International Conference 325-327

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Belk, Jaime (2022) Save Our Love Creative Writing Masters Thesis, Liberty University

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happy ending

Bell, Kathleen (1995) " Cross-dressing in Wartime: Georgette Heyer's The Corinthian in its 1940 Context " War Culture: Social Change and Changing Experience in World War Two Britain 151-159

Topic

Bell, Carole V. (2022) " I'm Rooting for Everybody Black: Black Solidarity, Black World-Building, and Black Love " Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever After 29-64

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romance and, or as, activism

Bellanta, Melissa (2014) A Masculine Romance: The Sentimental Bloke and Australian Culture in the War-and Early Interwar Years Journal of Popular Romance Studies 4.2:

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Belsey, Catherine (1993) Writing About Desire The Glasgow Review 2:

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Belsey, Catherine (1994) Desire: Love Stories in Western Culture Oxford: Blackwell

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Belsey, Catherine (1998) Popular Fiction and the Feminine Masquerade European Journal of English Studies 2.3:343-358

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Shakespeare

Daphne du Maurier

Benito del Valle Eskauriaza, Amelia (1995) " La lectura, una práctica de ocio enfocada al turismo: el caso de la novela rosa Harlequin " Turismo y tiempo libre: actividades, métodos y organización 135-160

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Benito del Valle Eskauriaza, Amelia (1996) La reproducción ideológica de la información y el rol social femenino en la novela rosa PhD, Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

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Benjamin, Sarah (1999) The Theory of 'Identity Dissonance': Mass Communication, Romance Fiction, and the Self-Concept MA thesis, York University, Canada

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Bennett, Tony Emmison, Michael Frow, John (1999) Accounting for Tastes: Australian Everyday Cultures Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

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Bennett, Susan G. Kuhn, Alice (1987) Love and Lust in the Secondary School: Do Formula Romances Have a Place in the Schools? ALAN Review 14.3:42-44

Bennett-Kapusniak, Renee McCleer, Adriana (2015) Love in the Digital Library: A Search for Racial Heterogeneity in E-Books Journal of Popular Romance Studies 5.1:

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Benson, Stephen (1996) " Stories of Love and Death: Reading and Writing the Fairy Tale Romance " Image & Power: Women in Fiction in the Twentieth Century 103-113

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genre definitions

fairytales/folktales

myth

Berberich, Christine (2014) The Bloomsbury Introduction to Popular Fiction London: Bloomsbury

Béres, Laura (2001) Romance, suffering and hope, reflective practice with abused women PhD, University of Toronto

Topic

fairytales/folktales

Michele Hauf

V. C. Andrews

Béres, Laura (2002) Negotiating Images: Popular Culture, Imagination, and Hope in Clinical Social Work Practice Affilia 17.4:429–447

Topic

Michele Hauf

Bereska, Tami M. (1992) Adolescent Romance Novels: Changes Over Time Master of Arts, University of Alberta

Topic

Bereska, Tami M. (1994) Adolescent Sexuality and the Changing Romance Novel Market The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 3.1:35-44

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Bettinotti, Julia Bédard-Cazabon, Hélène Gagnon, Jocelyn Noizet, Pascale Provost, Christiane (1986) La corrida de l'amour: Le Roman Harlequin Montréal: Université du Québec à Montréal

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Bettinotti, Julia Lizé, Claude (1986) " Les stratégies de dévalorisation de la littérature populaire: l’exemple du roman Harlequin " Cahiers pour la littérature populaire. Recherches québécoises 87-101

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Bettinotti, Julia Noizet, Pascale (1989) Le récit en littérature populaire: répétition et invention dans le roman d’amour Protée 17.2:35-40

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Bettinotti, Julia (1989) Les débuts du roman Harlequin : l’année 1949 Les cahiers de l’imaginaire 27-28:6-19

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Bettinotti, Julia (1990) " Répétition et invention dans le roman d'amour: L'Evolution des collections Harlequin " Le roman sentimental: actes du colloque des 14-15-16 mars 1989 à la Faculté des lettres de Limoges, volume 1 201-208

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Bettinotti, Julia Noizet, Pascale (1990) Ægritudo amoris : le topos d’un piège somato-physiologique Recherches sémiotiques / Semiotic Inquiry 10.1-2-3:89-102

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Bettinotti, Julia Bleton, Paul (1992) " Le mauvais goût, ça s'apprend " Actes du colloque "Les mauvais genres" organisé au Centre culturel canadien de Paris les 23, 24 et 25 novembre 1989 99-108

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Bettinotti, Julia (1992) " Un Harlequin de A à Z: création ou production industrielle? " Les pratiques culturelles de grande consommation. Le marché francophone 53-69

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Bettinotti, Julia Bérard, Sylvie (1993) Quand Éros flirte avec Thanatos. La perception de la mort dans le roman Harlequin Frontières 6.1:56-59

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death

Bettinotti, Julia (1994) " Crime et châtiment dans l'oeuvre de Delly: une lecture "gothique" " Crime et châtiment dans le roman populaire de langue française du XIXe siècle: actes du colloque international de mai 1992 à Limoges 411-???

Topic

Bettinotti, Julia Bleton, Paul des Rivières, Marie-José Saint-Jacques, Denis (1994) Lecture paralittéraire québécoise : les femmes et le travail de 1945 à aujourd’hui Recherches féministes 7.2:135–144

Topic

Canada

Bettinotti, Julia (1995) " Crime et châtiment dans l’oeuvre de Delly: une lecture ‘gothique’ " Guimauve et fleurs d’oranger: Delly 137-156

Topic

Bettinotti, Julia Noizet, Pascale (1995) Guimauve et fleurs d’oranger: Delly Québec: Nuit blanche éditeur

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Bettinotti, Julia (1996) Medieval romances in today's popular culture: The feminist in the castle The European Legacy 1.3:1146-1152

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Bettinotti, Julia Savoie, Chantal (1997) " Du bon sauvage au beau sauvage : un roman d’amour "politically correct" " Les hauts et les bas de l'imaginaire western dans la culture médiatique 95–106

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Native American romance

Bettinotti, Julia Truel, Marie-Françoise (1997) Lust and Dust: Desert Fabula in Romances and Media Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2:184-194

Topic

Bettinotti, Julia Truel, Marie-Françoise (1997) Lust and Dust: voyages de femmes, roman d’amour ou les enjeux d’une fabula Études littéraires 30.1:59–69

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Bettinotti, Julia (1998) " Lecture sérielle et roman sentimental " L'acte de lecture 161-176

Topic

Bettinotti, Julia (1998) Re-imagining the Gold Rush; Prospectors, Log Cabins and Mail-Order Brides in Contemporary Western Romances Northern Review 19:170-180

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Canada

Ana Seymour

Kristin Hannah

Bettinotti, Julia des Rivières, Marie-José (2000) " Un élargissement du canon littéraire : le cas du roman d'amour " Que vaut la littérature? 357-372

Topic

Bettinotti, Julia Jeannesson, Gaëlle Truel, Marie-Françoise (2002) Séries, suites et redites en culture médiatique Belphégor 1.2:

Topic

Johanna Lindsey

Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)

Betz, Phyllis M. (2009) Lesbian Romance Novels: A History and Critical Analysis Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co

Topic

lesbian romance

Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)

Betz, Phyllis M. (2017) Katherine V. Forrest: A Critical Appreciation Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co

Topic

lesbian romance

Katherine V. Forrest

Beyer, Jennifer Ann Perry (2000) The romance novel revolution: a study of criticisms and readers MA thesis, Bemidji State University

Topic

Bhasin, Neeta (2018) Romancing the 'Illegal' Immigrant Journal of Literature and Art Studies 8.10:1459-1474

Topic

Serena Bell

Bhat, Shilpa Daithota (2020) Diasporic Inquiries into South Asian Women’s Narratives: Alien Domiciles Lanham, Maryland: Lexington

Bianchi, Diana D'Arcangelo, Adele (2015) Translating History or Romance? Historical Romantic Fiction and Its Translation in a Globalised Market Linguistics and Literature Studies 3.5:248-253

Topic

Diana Gabaldon

Bianchi, Diana (2017) I gentiluomini si prendono per la gola: cibo e identità nei romanzi di Georgette Heyer Lingua, Traduzione, Letteratura 1:75-89

Topic

Bigey, Magali (2006) " Corpus et diachronie: de la constitution au traitement. Un cas d’espèce: le roman sentimental moderne " Corpus en Lettres et Sciences sociales : des documents numériques à l'interprétation, Actes du colloque international d'Albi, juillet 2006 215-223

Topic

Bigey, Magali (2007) Rencontres en séries. Matériel romanesque, lecteurs et lexique : une analyse du roman sentimental de type sériel (1942-2004) Thèse doctorat, Université de Franche-Comté

Topic

Bigey, Magali (2008) Stratégies narratives et mises en scène lexicales du roman sentimental sériel contemporain: l'auteure, le corps et les sentiments Belphégor 7.2:

Topic

genre definitions

Bigey, Magali (2010) Discorde et règlements de comptes autour du romanesque sentimental: une analyse de blogs Itinéraires 2010-2:103-112

Topic

Bigey, Magali (2010) " Entre répétition lexicale et répétition narrative: les procédés imposés du roman sentimental de type sériel " Re- Répéter - Répétitions 11-21

Topic

Bigey, Magali Olivier, Séverine (2010) Ils aiment le roman sentimental et alors? Lecteurs d'un 'mauvais genre', des lecteurs en danger? Belphégor 9.1:

Topic

Bigey, Magali (2012) Romances en séries, amour toujours et marketing Le Temps des Médias 19:87-100

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France

paratext

Bigey, Magali (2017) " Réflexions sur l’amour et analyse de réception : La rencontre amoureuse dans les romans sériels et au prisme du lectorat " L’amour. Création et société 64-80

Billekens, Franciska (2019) Never Mind Me When There’s You: The Submission Of The Heroine In Young Adult Supernatural Romance Fiction BA, Utrecht University

Topic

Billekens, Franciska (2021) The Editor and Translator's Passionate Embrace: Cultural and Linguistic Alterations in Translated Harlequin Category Romance Novels Masters, Radboud University

Topic

paratext

Bilodeau, Isabelle (2022) How Romance Translators Write Themselves and Their Readers into Afterwords Departmental Bulletin Paper 47:81-98

Topic

paratext

Japan

Birch, David O’Toole, Michael (1988) Functions of Style London and New York: Pinter Publishers

Bird, S. Elizabeth (1996) Dressing in Feathers: The Construction of the Indian in American Popular Culture Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press

Bird, Paul (2018) Issues of Socioeconomic Class in Barbara Cartland’s A Duel of Hearts and Catherine Cookson’s The Menagerie The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Journal, KGU 6:73-83

Topic

Barbara Cartland

Catherine Cookson

Birthisel, Jessica (2020) " The Good, the Bad, and the Kinky: Erotic Romance Writing in a Post-Fifty Shades of Grey Landscape " Communication in Kink: Understanding the Influence of the Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomenon 53-76

Topic

Bissessar, Ann Marie Huggins, Camille (2021) Gender and Domestic Violence in the Caribbean Cham: Palgrave Macmillan

Blake, Susan L. (2003) " What "Race" is the Sheik?: Rereading a Desert Romance " Doubled Plots: Romance and History 67-85

Topic

Blanding, Cristen (2005) Interracial romance novels and the resolution of racial difference MA thesis, Bowling Green State University

Topic

Blanshard, Alastair J.L. Stafford, Emma (2020) The Modern Hercules: Images of the Hero from the Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century Leiden: Brill

Bleton, Paul Bonaccorsi, Robert (1986) Cahiers pour la littérature populaire. Recherches québécoises La Seyne-sur-Mer: Centre d'Études sur la Littérature populaire

Bleton, Paul (1995) Armes, larmes, charmes: sérialité et paralittérature Québec: Nuit blanche éditeur

Bleton, Paul Saint-German, Richard (1997) Les hauts et les bas de l'imaginaire western dans la culture médiatique Montréal: Éditions Triptyque

Blodgett, Jan (1997) Protestant Evangelical Literary Culture and Contemporary Society Westport: Greenwood Press

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