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De Donato, Gigliola Gazzola Stacchini, Vanna (1991) I best seller del ventennio: Il regime e il libro di massa Rome: Editori Riuniti
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De Groot, Jerome (2010) The Historical Novel Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Topic historical romance Georgette Heyer Catherine Cookson Barbara Cartland Harlequin Mills & Boon
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de los Heros, Susana (2022) " Ideologías lingüísticas, paisaje y voz narrativa en The Wind off the Small Isles " 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 149-??? Topic Mary Stewart linguistics race/ethnicity settings
de los Heros, Susana (2022) " Language ideologies, landscape and narrative voice in The Wind off the Small Isles " 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 333-??? Topic Mary Stewart linguistics race/ethnicity settings
De Silva Miguel, Donna (2002) Love conquers all: the rhetoric, culture, and appeal of the contemporary romance novel, and coming to terms with coming out of the closet MA thesis, New Mexico State University
Deal, Clare H. (2015) Throbb[ing] with a consciousness of a knowledge that appalled her’: Embodiment and Female Subjectivity in the Desert Romance Women: A Cultural Review 26.1-2:75-95 Topic E. M. Hull sheikh romance feminism sex/sexuality gender rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Dean, John Gabilliet, Jean-Paul (1996) European Readings of American Popular Culture Westport: Greenwood Press
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Del Grosso Destreri, Luigi Brodesco, Alberto Giovanetti, Silvia Zanatta, Sara (2009) Una galassia rosa: Ricerche sulla letteratura femminile di consumo Milan: Franco Angeli
Delamoir, Jeanette (2003) Marie Bjelke Petersen's 'virile story': Jewelled Nights, gender instability, and the bush Hecate 29.1:115-131 Topic cross-dressing Marie Bjelke Petersen Australia LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors trash/literary and or intellectual quality Publishing settings fashion/clothing film/movies religion/spirituality gender social class rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
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Dennis, Lesley Erin (2012) Pornography and Rape Myths in Paranormal Romance Novels Master of Arts, Morehead State University Topic paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse feminism readers sex/sexuality pornography
Deputter, Barbara Anne (1992) Les romans Harlequin, leur contenu et leurs lectrices québécoises M. Sc, Université de Montréal Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon Canada readers
Derbyshire, Val (2016) Why Read Mills & Boon Romances? : WroCAH Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon trash/literary and or intellectual quality settings Penny Jordan/Caroline Courtney romance and, or as, activism rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse feminism
des Rivières, Marie-José (1992) " Le mariage ou la réconciliation comme mauvais genre " Actes du colloque "Les mauvais genres" organisé au Centre culturel canadien de Paris les 23, 24 et 25 novembre 1989 Topic trash/literary and or intellectual quality
DeVries, Susan Dunlop, Margaret Goopy, Suzanne Moyle, Wendy Sutherland‐Lockhart, Diane (1995) Discipline and passion: meaning, masochism and mythology in popular medical romances Nursing Inquiry 2.4:203-210 Topic medical romance history work emotions sex/sexuality health/medical death family settings gender BDSM Harlequin Mills & Boon
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Dickson, Beth (1997) " Annie S. Swan and O. Douglas: Legacies of the Kailyard " A History of Scottish Women’s Writing 329-346 Topic Annie S. Swan O. Douglas/Anna Buchan
Diekman, Amanda B. McDonald, Mary Gardner, Wendi L. (2000) Love means never having to be careful: The relationship between reading romance novels and safe sex behavior Psychology of Women Quarterly 24.2:179-188 Topic psychology sex/sexuality readers
Díez Borque, José María (1972) Literatura y cultura de masas: Estudio de la novela subliteraria Madrid: Al-Borak Topic Corín Tellado Spain gender social class linguistics
Dillon, George L. (2007) The Genres Speak; Using Large Corpora to Profile Generic Registers Journal of Literary Semantics 36.2:159-187 Topic linguistics Harlequin Mills & Boon sex/sexuality
DiVisconte, Jessica (2009) The Recession and Its Effect on the Romance Genre Master of Science in Publishing, Dyson College of Arts & Sciences, Pace University Topic Publishing
Diwersy, Sascha Gonon, Laetitia Goossens, Vannina Gymnich, Marion Tutin, Agnès (2020) " Speech Verbs in French and English Novels " Phraseology and Style in Subgenres of the Novel: A Synthesis of Corpus and Literary Perspectives 83-113 DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-23744-8_4 Topic linguistics emotions languages
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Dixon, jay (1987) Fantasy Unlimited: the World of Mills and Boon Women's Review 21:18-19 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon
Dixon, jay (1999) The Romance Fiction of Mills & Boon 1909-1990s London: UCL Press Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon rural romance settings marriage gender feminism war/armed forces work love Publishing sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Dixon, jay (2020) The Depiction of Masculinity and Nationality in The Sheik Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: Topic E. M. Hull gender race/ethnicity UK Scotland
Dixon, jay (2021) " History of English romance novels, 1621-1975 " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 27-50 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-1 Topic UK Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Harlequin Mills & Boon historical romance
Donalson, Tara A. (2005) The Parody of Romance MA thesis, University of Texas at Arlington Topic Christian romance religion/spirituality
Douglas, Ann (1980) Soft-Porn Culture: Punishing the Liberated Woman The New Republic 183.9:25-29 Topic BDSM pornography Harlequin Mills & Boon feminism virginity readers gender
Downey, Kristin (2005) Irony, Ideology, and Resistance: The Amazing Double Life of Harlequin Presents PhD, McMaster University Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon marriage family sex/sexuality readers gender national identity race/ethnicity
Doyle, Marsha Vanderford (1985) The Rhetoric of Romance: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Barbara Cartland Novels Southern Speech Communication Journal 51.1:24-48 Topic Barbara Cartland gender religion/spirituality love
Drakulić-Ilić, Slavenka (1984) Smrtni grijesi feminizma. Ogledi u mudologiji Zagreb: Znanje Topic readers sex/sexuality trash/literary and or intellectual quality socialism and/or communism
Drayton, Arthur D. Ajayi-Soyinka, Omofolabo Ukpokodu, I. Peter (2007) African Literatures at the Millennium Trenton, NJ and Asmara, Eritrea: Africa World Press
Dreimane, Jana (2015) Authors, Publishers and Readers of Popular Literature in Latvia in the Late 1980s and Early 1990s Interlitteraria 20.2:56–70 Topic Latvia Publishing readers translation Hedwig Courths-Mahler Ethel M. Dell trash/literary and or intellectual quality socialism and/or communism
Drescher, Horst W. Hagemann, Susanne (1996) Scotland to Slovenia: European Identities and Transcultural Communication. Proceedings of the Fourth International Scottish Studies Symposium Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang
Drew, Bernard A. (2007) 100 Most Popular African American Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited Topic African American romance Rochelle Alers Tina McElroy Ansa Leslie Esdaile Banks Angela Benson Michele Andrea Bowen Connie Briscoe Anita Richmond Bunkley Aisha Ford Gwynne Forster Sharon Ewell Foster Patricia Haley E. Lynn Harris Donna Hill Brenda Jackson Beverly Jenkins Sandra Kitt Felicia Mason Evelyn Palfrey Francis Ray Kimberla Lawson Ruby Eboni Snoe Chassie L. West Alice Wootson Courtni Wright Frank Yerby Zane
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Driscoll, Beth (2014) Genre, Author, Text, Reader: Teaching Nora Roberts’s Spellbound Journal of Popular Romance Studies 4.2: Topic teaching romance Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb
Driscoll, Beth Fletcher, Lisa Wilkins, Kim Carter, David (2018) The Publishing Ecosystems of Contemporary Australian Genre Fiction Creative Industries Journal 11.2:203-221 Topic Publishing Australia
Dryden, Therese Michelle (2011) Bachelor Dad on Her Doorstep Masters, University of Newcastle, Australia Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon authors love Georgette Heyer Daphne du Maurier Jane Austen Charlotte Brontë Michelle Douglas
Dryden, Therese (2019) The Valentine Wars PhD, University of Newcastle, Australia Topic feminism family Susan Elizabeth Phillips Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb Rachel Gibson Robyn Carr Marie Force Kristan Higgins Ruthie Knox Bella Andre Grace Burrowes Sharon Sala Michelle Douglas
Dryden, Therese (2022) " The single-mother and the law: romance novels making room for female voices in patriarchal spaces " The Routledge Companion to Romantic Love DOI:10.4324/9781003022343-31 Topic family Robyn Carr
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Dubrûle, Marie-Andrée (1984) Systèmes narratifs et systèmes de valeurs dans le roman sentimental paralittéraire MA, Université de Montréal
Dubrûle, Marie-Andrée (1986) Le cas Harlequin : la mise à l’épreuve du sujet femme : une analyse des procédés narratifs et littéraires Québec: Groupe de recherche multidisciplinaire féministe, Université Laval Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon Janet Dailey gender feminism
Ducoulombier, Martine (2005) La comédie romantique – un genre mal-aimé? Africultures 63.2:43-45 Topic film/movies Africa
Duder, C. J. D. (1991) Love and the Lions: The Image of White Settlement in Kenya in Popular Fiction, 1919-1939 African Affairs 90.360:427-438 Topic Kenya UK national identity history race/ethnicity Florence Riddell Nora K. Strange trash/literary and or intellectual quality fascism/right-wing authoritarianism
Dudovitz, Resa L. (1990) The Myth of Superwoman: Women's Bestsellers in France and the United States New York: Routledge Topic France United States of America historical romance Harlequin Mills & Boon
Dugger, Julie M. (2014) “I’m a Feminist, But…” Popular Romance in the Women’s Literature Classroom Journal of Popular Romance Studies 4.2: Topic feminism teaching romance readers Jane Austen trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Dulong, Delphine Neveu, Erik Guionnet, Christine (2012) Boys Don't Cry! Les coûts de la domination masculine Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes
Dummer, Kathleen Ann (1990) A study of character development of main characters in young adult category romance literature Master of Science, University of Wyoming Topic YA/teenage romance trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Dunnion, Janne May (1997) Mapping Normalcy: Romance and the Postmodern Body MA thesis, University of Toronto Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon
Duranti, Daniela (2008) Le soglie del genere: identità femminile e modelli semiotici nel paratesto editoriale , Topic gender paratext
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Ebert, Teresa L. (2014) Hegel's “picture-thinking” as the interpretive logic of the popular Textual Practice 28.1:9-33 Topic capitalism/business social class religion/spirituality Linda Howard philosophy emotions
Eco, Umberto Federzoni, Marina Pezzini, Isabella Pozzato, Maria Pia (1979) Carolina Invernizio, Matilde Serao, Liala Firenze: La nuova Italia Topic Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi
Eden, Edward Goertz, Dee (2003) Carol Shields, Narrative Hunger, and the Possibilities of Fiction Toronto: University of Toronto Press
Edlins, Mariglynn (2016) Superhero, Sleeping Beauty, or Devil? The Making of Orphan Myths and Public Administration Public Voices 14.2:67-84 Topic family emotions
Edmondson, Belinda (1999) Caribbean Romances: The Politics of Regional Representation Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press
Edmondson, Belinda (2007) The Black Romance Women's Studies Quarterly 35.1/2:191-211 Topic African American romance Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) sex/sexuality race/ethnicity Frances Watkins Harper Caribbean film/movies social class national identity
Edwards, Holly (2000) Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures: Orientalism in America, 1870-1930 Princeton: Princeton University Press
Egan, Jesi (2016) Cultural Futurity and the Politics of Recovery: Mary Renault's Ambivalent Romances MFS Modern Fiction Studies 62.3:462-80 Topic Mary Renault romance and, or as, activism genre definitions sex/sexuality UK national identity health/medical trash/literary and or intellectual quality gender emotions modernism LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors
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Ehnenn, Jill (1998) Desperately Seeking Susan Among the Trash: Reinscription, Subversion and Visibility in the Lesbian Romance Novel Atlantis 23.1:120-127 Topic lesbian romance LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors readers trash/literary and or intellectual quality sex/sexuality family
Eickelman, Dale F. Anderson, Jon W. (1999) New Media in the Muslim World: The Emerging Public Sphere Bloomington: Indiana University Press
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Elliott, Jack (2014) " Patterns and Trends in Harlequin Category Romance " Advancing Digital Humanities: Research, Methods, Theories 54-67 DOI:10.1057/9781137337016_4 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon linguistics authors
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Ellis, Sarah (1990) " Innocence and Experience in the Young Adult Romance " Lands of Pleasure: Essays on Lillian H. Smith and the Development of Children's Libraries 117-129 Topic YA/teenage romance
Ellis, Kate (1987) " Gimme Shelter: Feminism, Fantasy, and Women's Popular Fiction " American Media and Mass Culture: Left Perspectives 216-230 Topic feminism gothic romance virginity rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Charlotte Brontë settings family work Kathleen Woodiwiss readers
Emrys, A. B. (1994) Magic Regencies: How Fantasy Forms a Hybrid Popular Culture Review 5.1:85-93 Topic historical romance paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance Patricia Wrede Caroline Stevermer Teresa Edgerton Walter Jon Williams
Encanto, Georgina Reyes (1996) The development of the Filipino romance novel as written by women (1922-1992) PhD, University of the Philippines, College of Mass Communication Topic Philippines
Encanto, Georgina R. (2008) Savoring Romance Pinoy Style in Foreign Climes: Why Women Migrants Love Reading Tagalog Romance Novels Review of Women's Studies 18.1:27-52 Topic Philippines readers social class
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Engler, Sandra (2005) "A Career's Wonderful, but Love is More Wonderful Still": Femininity and Masculinity in the Fiction of Mills & Boon Tübingen: Francke Topic gender Harlequin Mills & Boon
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English Studies Group, 1978–9, The (1980) " Recent Developments in English Studies at the Centre " Culture, Media, Language: Working Papers in Cultural Studies, 1972-79 227-262 DOI:10.4324/9780203381182 Topic linguistics Barbara Cartland family settings social class gender capitalism/business
Erekli, Arzu (2006) Medeni ya da müslüman: popüler aşk romanlarında Feyza olmak Yayınlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Bilkent University, Ankara Topic Islam gender Turkey
Erhart, Virginia (1973) " Amor, ideología y enmascaramiento en Corín Tellado " Imperialismo y medios masivos de comunicación 93-101 Topic Corín Tellado
Erhart, Virginia (1974) " Amor, ideología y enmascaramiento en Corín Tellado " Penetración cultural imperialista en América Latina: comics y revistas femeninas 71-123 Topic Corín Tellado
Erhart, Virginia (1974) Corín Tellado: la Cenicienta en la sociedad de consumo Crisis 1.9:71-80 Topic Corín Tellado work ageism marriage
Erhart, Virginia (1976) Amor y consumo en las novelas de Corin Tellado Cuadernos de Comunicación 17:16-21 Topic Corín Tellado
Escandell Montiel, Daniel Oliveira Dias, Sofia Raquel (2020) Voces e identidades exocanónicas (1880-1920): recuperando (auto) narrativas femeninas de los márgenes Valencia: Tirant Humanidades
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Escolar, Marisa (2019) Allied Encounters: The Gendered Redemption of World War II Italy New York: Fordham University Press Topic Luciana Peverelli Italy
Esquibel, Catrióna Rueda (1991) Loving the other woman: contemporary lesbian romance novels Masters, University of Colorado Topic lesbian romance LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors
Esquibel, Catrióna Rueda (1992) " A Duel of Wits and the Lesbian Romance Novel or Verbal Intercourse in Fictional Regency England " New Perspectives on Women and Comedy 123-133 Topic lesbian romance LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors Michelle Martin historical romance
Esser, Linda Adkins, Denice Velasquez, Diane L. (2008) “The Red Dot District”: Uncommon Ground in Reader Advisory Education and Professional Practice Educational Media and Technology Yearbook 33:105–111 Topic libraries/librarians trash/literary and or intellectual quality readers pornography
Evans, Julie (1993) Beatrice Grimshaw and Australia - White Women in the Pacific Olive Pink Society Bulletin 5.1:34-39 Topic Beatrice Grimshaw Australia national identity race/ethnicity gender UK Harlequin Mills & Boon Oceania feminism
Fahnestock-Thomas, Mary (2001) Georgette Heyer: A Critical Retrospective Saraland, Alabama: PrinnyWorld Press Topic Georgette Heyer
Faktorovich, Anna (2014) The Formulas of Popular Fiction: Elements of Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Religious and Mystery Novels Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company
Faktorovich, Anna (2015) Gender Bias in Mystery and Romance Novel Publishing: Mimicking Masculinity and Femininity Stone Mountain, GA: Anaphora Literary Press Topic authors gender
Faktorovich, Anna (2015) Interview with Mary Jo Putney, Best-Selling Romance Author Pennsylvania Literary Journal 7.2: Topic Mary Jo Putney authors historical romance
Fallon, Eileen (1984) Words of Love: A Complete Guide to Romance Fiction New York and London: Garland Publishing Topic genre definitions Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) trash/literary and or intellectual quality historical romance history authors Publishing Georgette Heyer Kathleen Woodiwiss gothic romance
Farooqui, Javaria Ashraf, Rabia (2019) Reconnaissance of ‘Difference’ in Cognitive Maps: Authenticating Happily Ever After in Julia Quinn’s To Sir Philip with Love Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 22.2:71-82 Topic psychology Julia Quinn historical romance
Farooqui, Javaria (2020) The Kitchen and Beyond: The Romantic Chronotope in Pakistani Popular Fiction Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: Topic romances in magazines and newspapers Pakistan settings food, drink metaphor/symbolism
Farooqui, Javaria (2022) Romance in an Old Bookshop The Bridge Magazine 1:66-69 Topic Pakistan Publishing social class readers
Farooqui, Javaria (2022) " Romance, Austen, and English-Medium Schooling in Pakistan " Language, Education, and Identity: Medium in South Asia Topic Pakistan readers historical romance Jane Austen social class
Fasick, Adele M. Johnston, Margaret Osler, Ruth (1990) Lands of Pleasure: Essays on Lillian H. Smith and the Development of Children's Libraries Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press
Faura, Salvador Godsland, Shelley Moody, Nickianne (2004) " The Romance Novel, or, the Generalisimo's Control of the Popular Imagination " Reading the Popular in Contemporary Spanish Texts 46-58 Topic Corín Tellado Spain fascism/right-wing authoritarianism
Faust, Meredith S. (2010) "Love of the purest kind": Heteronormative rigidity in the homoerotic fiction of Ann Herendeen Master of Arts, DePaul University Topic Ann Herendeen LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors
Faust, Beatrice (1980) Women, Sex and Pornography London: Melbourne House Topic rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse pornography sex/sexuality Rosemary Rogers Patricia Gallagher Patricia Matthews Harlequin Mills & Boon feminism gender
Fekete, Maleah (2022) Confluent Love and the Evolution of Ideal Intimacy: Romance Reading in 1980 and 2016 Journal of Popular Romance Studies 11: Topic readers sex/sexuality gender sociology love emotions
Felski, Rita (1990) Kitsch, Romance Fiction and Male Paranoia: Stephen King meets the Frankfurt School Continuum: The Australian Journal of Media & Culture 4.1:54-70 Topic trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Feng, Jin (2009) "Addicted to Beauty": Consuming and Producing Web-based Chinese Danmei Fiction at Jinjiang Modern Chinese Literature and Culture 21.2:1-41 Topic China m/m romance LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors authors readers gender paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Feng, Jin (2011) Men Conquer the World and Women Save Mankind: Rewriting Patriarchal Traditions through Web-based Matriarchal Romances Journal of Popular Romance Studies 1.2: Topic China socialism and/or communism paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance gender war/armed forces
Feng, Jin (2013) Romancing the Internet: Producing and Consuming Chinese Web Romance Leiden: Brill Topic China
Fenty, Linda D. (1987) A Comparative Analysis of Female Role Models in Selected Contemporary Teen Romances Educat.D., Auburn University Topic YA/teenage romance
Fera-VanGent, Tania (2005) Popular Romance Novels: Seeking out the 'Sisterhood' MA thesis, Brock University Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Harlequin Mills & Boon chick lit
Fernández Rodríguez, Carolina (2018) " Del cuento de hadas a la novela romántica: Una visión de la sub/literatura como gimnasio mental y laboratorio de sub/versión cultural " Repercusión de la lectura y otras formas de arte en nuestra vida y nuestra obra: Memorias del VII coloquio de LART, Centro Español de Manhattan, Nueva York, 26-28 de octubre de 2016 69-95 Topic trash/literary and or intellectual quality Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb feminism readers sex/sexuality psychology romance and, or as, activism fairytales/folktales
Fernández Rodríguez, Carolina (2019) Chamorro WWII Romances: Combating Erasure with Tales of Survival and Vitality Journal of Popular Romance Studies 8: Topic Guam United States of America race/ethnicity Paula Quinene Cathy Sablan Gault islands history romance and, or as, activism languages religion/spirituality war/armed forces historical romance
Fernández Rodríguez, Carolina (2021) American Quaker Romances: Building the Myth of the White Christian Nation Valencia: Universitat de València Topic United States of America Christian romance race/ethnicity gender religion/spirituality
Fernández Rodríguez, Carolina (2021) " Nora Roberts’s Boonsboro Empire: Boosting Business through Romance, Invigorating Romance with Affective Capitalism " Romantic Escapes: Post-Millennial Trends in Contemporary Popular Romance Fiction 97-119 Topic Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb capitalism/business work metaphor/symbolism
Fernández Ulloa, Teresa Morazzani, Joanne Schmidt (2016) Images of Women in Hispanic Culture Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Fernández Ulloa, Teresa Soler Gallo, Miguel (2020) Aproximaciones a la configuración de la identidad en la cultura y sociedad hispanas e italianas contemporáneas Madrid: Liceus
Ferrández San Miguel, María Neumann, Claus-Peter (2018) Taking Stock to Look Ahead: Celebrating Forty Years of English Studies in Spain Zaragoza: Prensas Universitarias de la Universidad de Zaragoza
Fesenmeier, Ludwig Novakova, Iva (2020) Phraséologie et stylistique de la langue littéraire/Phraseology and Stylistics of Literary Language; Approches interdisciplinaires/Interdisciplinary Approaches Berlin: Peter Lang
Fialkoff, Francine (1992) Romancing the Patron: Romance novels don't get equal review treatment Library Journal 117.21:118 Topic libraries/librarians
Ficke, Sarah H. (2021) " The historical romance " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 118-140 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-5 Topic historical romance Georgette Heyer Barbara Cartland Kathleen Woodiwiss settings race/ethnicity Valerie Belgrave Kate Breslin fascism/right-wing authoritarianism history African American romance Beverly Jenkins LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors
Ficke, Sarah (2022) " House, home and husband in historical romance fiction " The Routledge Companion to Romantic Love DOI:10.4324/9781003022343-11 Topic historical romance Jane Austen Cecilia Grant Anna Cowan Anna Harrington Courtney Milan history work family marriage
Figuerola, M. Carme (2011) " Le roman dellyen et les structures du roman populaire : quelques réflexions " L’Œuvre de Delly 91-112 Topic Delly
Finn, Geraldine (1988) " Women, Fantasy, and Popular Culture: The Wonderful World of Harlequin Romance " Popular Cultures and Political Practices 51-68 DOI:10.3138/9781442602861-006 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon
Fischer, Heinz-Dietrich Melnik, Stefan Reinhard (1979) Entertainment: A Cross-Cultural Examination New York: Hastings House
Fisher, Maryanne L. Meredith, Tami M. (2012) The Success behind the Candy-Colored Covers: An Evolutionary Perspective on Romance Novels Evolutionary Review 3.1:154-167 Topic evolutionary psychology paratext
Fisher, Maryanne L. Meredith, Tami M. (2021) Evolutionary and sociocultural themes in cover art on Harlequin romance novels: A temporal analysis Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences ONLINE FIRST:ONLINE FIRST Topic evolutionary psychology paratext
Fisher, Maryanne Cox, Anthony (2010) Man Change Thyself: Hero Versus Heroine Development in Harlequin Romance Novels Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology 4.4:305-316 Topic evolutionary psychology gender Harlequin Mills & Boon
Fitzsimmons, Rebekah Wilson, Casey Alane (2020) Beyond the Blockbusters: Themes and Trends in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction Jackson: University Press of Mississippi
Fjelkestam, Kristina Hill, Helena Tjeder, David (2013) Kvinnorna gör mannen: maskulinitetskonstruktioner i kvinnors text och bild 1500-2000 Göteborg: Makadam förlag
Flegel, Monica Roth, Jenny (2010) Annihilating love and heterosexuality without women: Romance, generic difference, and queer politics in "Supernatural" fan fiction Transformative Works and Cultures 4: Topic fanfiction LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors
Fleites-Lear, Marisela (2009) ¿Victoria contra Corín Tellado?: La novela rosa revolucionaria cubana y la ficción en Mujeres Romance Notes 49.1:91-100 Topic Corín Tellado Cuba readers socialism and/or communism
Flesch, Juliet Ella (2001) From Australia with love: Australian romance novels, 1950-2000 PhD, University of Melbourne Topic national identity Australia feminism Lucy Walker Publishing readers sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse race/ethnicity translation settings Marion Lennox Ann Charlton Alison Kelly Joyce Dingwell/Kate Starr Edwina Shore Helen Bianchin paratext Harlequin Mills & Boon
Flesch, Juliet (1995) Love Brought to Book: A Bio-Bibliography of 20th Century Australian Romance Novels Melbourne: National Centre for Australian Studies Topic Australia
Flesch, Juliet (1996) A Labour of Love? Compiling a Bibliography of Twentieth Century Australian Romance Novels Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services 9.3-4:170-178 Topic libraries/librarians Australia authors Margaret Way Marion Lennox Emma Darcy Victoria Gordon paratext
Flesch, Juliet (1996) A Labour of Love? The Story Behind the Compilation of Love Brought to Book: A Bio-bibliography of 20th Century Australian Romance Novels Australian Academic & Research Libraries 27.3:182-190 Topic Australia libraries/librarians Margaret Way Marion Lennox Emma Darcy Victoria Gordon authors paratext
Flesch, Juliet (1997) Not just housewives and old maids Collection Building 16.3:119-124 Topic libraries/librarians
Flesch, Juliet (2004) From Australia With Love: A History of Modern Australian Popular Romance Novels Fremantle: Curtin University Books Topic Australia national identity Helen Bianchin Harlequin Mills & Boon Emma Darcy Ann Charlton authors Marion Lennox Joyce Dingwell/Kate Starr Valerie Parv feminism Victoria Gordon Alison Kelly race/ethnicity Publishing translation paratext readers Lucy Walker sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Meredith Webber
Flesch, Juliet (2005) Blushing Bride to Bush Matriarch: Women in the Fiction of Lucy Walker Journal of Publishing 1:37-52 Topic Lucy Walker
Flesch, Juliet (2007) " Love under the Coolabah: Australian Romance Publishing since 1990 " Making Books: Contemporary Australian Publishing 279-285 Topic Australia Publishing
Flesch, Juliet (2009) " ”Feminists Talk about Sisterhood: I Do Not Know How Deeply They Feel It”: Australian Mass Market Romance Novels and Their Critics " Reading Down Under: Australian Literary Studies Reader 419-428 Topic feminism
Flesch, Juliet (2012) " The Wide Brown Land and the Big Smoke: The Setting of Australian Popular Romance " Sold by the Millions: Australia's Bestsellers 82-95 Topic Australia settings
Fletcher, Lisa (2002) I love you: historical romance fiction and heterosexuality PhD, University of Melbourne Topic historical romance
Fletcher, Lisa (2004) " “Mere Costumery”? Georgette Heyer’s Cross-Dressing Novels " Masquerades: Disguise in Literature in English from the Middle Ages to the Present 196-212 Topic historical romance Georgette Heyer fashion/clothing cross-dressing gender
Fletcher, Lisa (2008) Historical Romance Fiction: Heterosexuality and Performativity Burlington: Ashgate Topic love sex/sexuality Georgette Heyer historical romance linguistics fashion/clothing A. S. Byatt
Fletcher, Lisa Gaby, Rosemary Kloester, Jennifer (2011) Pedagogy Report: Embedding Popular Romance Studies in Undergraduate English Units: Teaching Georgette Heyer’s Sylvester Journal of Popular Romance Studies 1.2: Topic teaching romance Georgette Heyer history metafiction
Fletcher, Lisa (2013) The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Popular Romance Studies: What is it, and why does it matter? Journal of Popular Romance Studies 3.2: Topic teaching romance
Fletcher, Lisa (2014) Writing the Happy Ever After: An Interview with Anne Gracie Journal of Popular Romance Studies 4.2: Topic Anne Gracie trash/literary and or intellectual quality metafiction Jane Austen readers emotions family wealth/prosperity sex/sexuality happy ending
Fletcher, Lisa (2016) Popular Fiction and Spatiality: Reading Genre Settings New York: Palgrave Macmillan
Fletcher, Lisa Driscoll, Beth Wilkins, Kim (2018) Genre Worlds and Popular Fiction: The Case of Twenty-First-Century Australian Romance Journal of Popular Culture 51.4:997-1015 Topic Publishing Australia
Fletcher, Lisa Driscoll, Beth Wilkins, Kim (2018) What is Australian Popular Fiction? Australian Literary Studies 33.4:1-11 Topic Australia national identity settings
Fletcher, Lisa McAlister, Jodi Temple, Kurt Williams, Kathleen (2019) #loveyourshelfie: Mills & Boon books and how to find them Mémoires du livre / Studies in Book Culture 11.1: Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon paratext trash/literary and or intellectual quality readers Publishing Australia
Flora, Cornelia Butler Flora, Jan L. (1978) The Fotonovela As a Tool for Class and Cultural Domination Latin American Perspectives 5.1:134-150 Topic Latin America Mexico Brazil Corín Tellado sociology capitalism/business social class wealth/prosperity fotonovela
Foley, J. A. (2007) Critical Awareness: Romance Novels in English for the Asian Market. A Critical Study of Locally Published "Romance Novels" in English Asian Journal of Literature, Culture and Society 3.2:93-108 Topic linguistics Singapore gender
Folie, Sandra (2020) " The Ethnic Labelling of a Genre Gone Global: A Distant Comparison of African-American and African Chick Lit " Literary Translation, Reception, and Transfer: The Many Languages of Comparative Literature 313–326 DOI:10.1515/9783110641998-026 Topic chick lit Africa South Africa Kenya race/ethnicity
Fong, Katrina Mullin, Justin B. Mar, Raymond A. (2013) What You Read Matters: The Role of Fiction Genre in Predicting Interpersonal Sensitivity Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 7.4:370-376 Topic readers psychology
Fong, Katrina Mullin, Justin B. Mar, Raymond A. (2015) How Exposure to Literary Genres Relates to Attitudes Toward Gender Roles and Sexual Behavior Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 9.3:274–285 Topic psychology readers sex/sexuality gender
Forbes, Curdella (2006) X Press Publications: Pop Culture, “Pop Lit” and Caribbean Literary Criticism: An Essay of Provocation Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal 4.1: Topic Caribbean Valerie Belgrave UK race/ethnicity sex/sexuality
Fordham, Helen (2014) ‘That’s love for you’: Destabilizing divides and re-imaging subjectivities in the romantic fiction of Eloisa James Australasian Journal of Popular Culture 3.3:273-284 Topic trash/literary and or intellectual quality readers Eloisa James Shakespeare
Forte, Gioacchino (1966) I persuasori rosa: sociologia curiosa del rotocalco femminile in Italia Naples: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane Topic Italy romances in magazines and newspapers sociology
Fortunati, Vita Franci, Giovanna (1982) 'Ma c'è sempre un arcobaleno': La 'romantic fiction' di Barbara Cartland Quaderni di Filologia Germanica della Facolta di Lettere e Filosofia dell'Universita di Bologna 2:167-192 Topic Barbara Cartland
Fortunati, Vita Franci, Giovanna Mangaroni, Rosella (1986) " Prefazione " Maestre d'amore: eroine e scrittrici nell'impero del rosa inglese 5-16
Fortunati, Vita Franci, Giovanna (1986) " Tre romantiche ‘figlie d’Inghilterra’ alla conquista della storia: Eleanor Hibbert, Georgette Heyer e Barbara Cartland " Maestre d'amore: eroine e scrittrici nell'impero del rosa inglese 17-53 Topic Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Georgette Heyer Barbara Cartland
Fortunati, Vita Franci, Giovanna (1987) " Barbara Cartland, la regina del rosa " Intorno al rosa Topic Barbara Cartland
Foss, Kimberly Kay (1997) An Analysis to Determine if Popular Romance Novels, Read by Today’s High School Students, Reflect the Characteristics and Roles of Women in Current Society M.S. in Education with Emphasis in Library Science, University of Wyoming Topic YA/teenage romance work feminism United States of America race/ethnicity social class
Foster, Guy Mark (2007) " How Dare a Black Woman Make Love to a White Man! Black Women Romance Novelists and the Taboo of Interracial Desire " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 103-128 Topic race/ethnicity rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse United States of America Lizzette Carter Dyanne Davis Monica White history psychology African American romance gender sex/sexuality readers
Foster, Guy Mark (2015) What To Do If Your Inner Tomboy Is a Homo: Straight Women, Bisexuality, and Pleasure in M/M Gay Romance Fictions Journal of Bisexuality 15.4:509-531 Topic gender m/m romance sex/sexuality psychology LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors
Fowler, Bridget (1979) "True to Me Always": An Analysis of Women's Magazine Fiction The British Journal of Sociology 30.1:91-119 Topic romances in magazines and newspapers social class readers Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) marriage work wealth/prosperity gender medical romance settings rural romance
Fowler, Bridget (1991) The Alienated Reader: Women and Romantic Literature in the Twentieth Century Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf Topic social class gender Samuel Richardson capitalism/business religion/spirituality Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) readers trash/literary and or intellectual quality Catherine Cookson Publishing romances in magazines and newspapers Harlequin Mills & Boon work Barbara Taylor Bradford Barbara Cartland fairytales/folktales family feminism Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert marriage Scotland sex/sexuality
Fox, Pamela A. (1993) " Ethel Carnie Holdsworth's "Revolt of the Gentle": Romance and the Politics of Resistance in Working-Class Women's Writing " Rediscovering Forgotten Radicals: British Women Writers 1889-1939 57-74 Topic socialism and/or communism Ethel Carnie Holdsworth Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Fox, Pamela (1994) The "Revolt of the Gentle": Romance and the Politics of Resistance in Working-Class Women's Writing NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction 27.2:140-160 Topic social class socialism and/or communism UK Ethel Carnie Holdsworth Ellen Wilkinson rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse capitalism/business work gender Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Fragero Guerra, Carmen (2013) La técnica narrativa del espejo en Carmen de Icaza (1899-1979) y en Carmen Martín Gaite (1925-2000) Tejuelo: Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura. Educación 16:23-34 Topic Carmen de Icaza
Fragero Guerra, Carmen (2013) Fifty shades of grey: Una novela popular en España Investigaciones Feministas 4:255-269 Topic Fifty Shades Carmen de Icaza Spain
Fragero Guerra, Carmen (2014) "Soñar la vida": La narrativa de Carmen de Icaza (1936-1960) PhD, Universidad de Córdoba Topic Carmen de Icaza Luisa-María Linares history Spain fascism/right-wing authoritarianism social class fashion/clothing film/movies
Fragero Guerra, Carmen (2014) Auxilio Social en La casa de enfrente (1960) de Carmen de Icaza Tejuelo: Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura. Educación 20:57-77 Topic Carmen de Icaza Spain fascism/right-wing authoritarianism
Fragero Guerra, Carmen (2017) Del azul al rosa: la narrativa de Carmen de Icaza (1936-1960) Madrid: Sial Pigmalión Topic Carmen de Icaza Luisa-María Linares Spain fascism/right-wing authoritarianism
Fragero Guerra, Carmen (2020) " Carmen de Icaza: la imagen de identidad femenina durante el primer franquismo (1936-1949) " Aproximaciones a la configuración de la identidad en la cultura y sociedad hispanas e italianas contemporáneas 61-87 Topic Carmen de Icaza fascism/right-wing authoritarianism Spain gender
Francis, Conseula (2016) " Flipping the Script: Romancing Zane's Urban Erotica " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 167-180 Topic Zane sex/sexuality romance and, or as, activism race/ethnicity emotions marriage love
Franck, Kaja (2020) " Growing Pains of the Teenage Werewolf: Young Adult Literature and the Metaphorical Wolf " In the company of wolves: Werewolves, wolves and wild children 163-177 DOI:10.7765/9781526129048.00020 Topic paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance YA/teenage romance Maggie Stiefvater animals fairytales/folktales Twilight
Franco, Jean (1986) " Plotting Women: Popular Narratives for Women in the United States and in Latin America " Reinventing the Americas: Comparative Studies of Literature of the United States and Spanish America 249–268 DOI:10.1215/9780822385462-010 Topic Anne Mather gender Harlequin Mills & Boon Mexico
Franco, Jean (1986) " The Incorporation of Women: A Comparison of North American and Mexican Popular Narrative " Studies in Entertainment: Critical Approaches to Mass Culture 119-138 Topic social class Corín Tellado Harlequin Mills & Boon Anne Mather gender work wealth/prosperity Mexico
Frankel, Valerie Estelle (2016) Adoring Outlander: Essays on Fandom, Genre and the Female Audience Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company
Franssen, Thomas Velthuis, Olav (2016) Making materiality matter: a sociological analysis of prices on the Dutch fiction book market, 1980–2009 Socio-Economic Review 14.2:363–381 Topic Publishing Netherlands trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Frantz, Sarah S. G. (2002) " "Expressing" Herself: The Romance Novel and the Feminine Will to Power " Scorned Literature: Essays on the History and Criticism of Popular Mass-Produced Fiction in America 17-36 Topic feminism gender readers metafiction Mary Balogh Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle sex/sexuality Sandra Brown Bertrice Small Diana Gabaldon Susan Johnson Alexis Harrington Candice Proctor rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Frantz, Sarah S. G. (2008) "Suzanne Brockmann" Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice 2.2/3:1-19 Topic Suzanne Brockmann war/armed forces paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance race/ethnicity Islam LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse romantic suspense
Frantz, Sarah S. G. (2009) Darcy’s Vampiric Descendants: Austen’s Perfect Romance Hero and J. R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood Persuasions 30.1: Topic Jane Austen J. R. Ward readers gender emotions
Frantz, Sarah S. G. (2009) " I’ve tried my entire life to be a good man': Suzanne Brockmann’s Sam Starrett, Ideal Romance Hero " Women Constructing Men: Female Novelists and their Male Characters, 1750-2000 227-247 Topic Suzanne Brockmann war/armed forces gender sex/sexuality race/ethnicity family
Frantz, Sarah S. G. Rennhak, Katharina (2009) Women Constructing Men: Female Novelists and their Male Characters, 1750-2000 Lanham, Maryland: Lexington
Frantz, Sarah S. G. (2012) " "How we love is our soul": Joey W. Hill's BDSM Romance Holding the Cards " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 47-59 Topic Joey W. Hill BDSM erotic romance Ellora's Cave genre definitions metafiction
Frantz, Sarah S. G. Selinger, Eric Murphy (2012) New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland
Frantz, Sarah S. G. (2012) " The History of BDSM Fiction and Romance " Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey 159-172 Topic BDSM John Preston sex/sexuality Fifty Shades erotic romance Emma Holly Joey W. Hill
Frantz Lyons, Sarah Selinger, Eric Murphy (2016) " Strange Stirrings, Strange Yearnings: The Flame and the Flower, Sweet Savage Love, and the Lost Diversities of Blockbuster Historical Romance " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 89-110 Topic historical romance Kathleen Woodiwiss feminism sex/sexuality Rosemary Rogers rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse United States of America
Fraysse, Mélie Garcia, Marie-Carmen (2019) Les Thug Love : des romans sentimentaux à l'épreuve de la classe et de la race Genre en séries : cinéma, télévision, médias 9:15-37 Topic France race/ethnicity social class Islam gender virginity sex/sexuality
Frederick, Rhonda (2013) Making Jamaican Love: Colin Channer's Waiting in Vain and Romance-ified Diaspora Identities Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal Of Criticism 17.3:63-84 Topic national identity Caribbean Colin Channer Jamaica social class race/ethnicity gender erotic romance
Frenier, Mariam Darce (1988) Good-bye Heathcliff: Changing Heroes, Heroines, Roles, and Values in Women’s Category Romances New York: Greenwood Press Topic gender United States of America UK Harlequin Mills & Boon feminism sex/sexuality work
Fresno-Calleja, Paloma (2019) Chick-Lit Pasifika-Style or How to B(l)end the Formula: Lani Young’s Scarlet Series Contemporary Women's Writing 13.2:203–221 Topic Lani Wendt Young chick lit Samoa metafiction YA/teenage romance race/ethnicity feminism food, drink metaphor/symbolism family wealth/prosperity national identity sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Fresno-Calleja, Paloma (2021) " Rugby Romances and the Branding of New Zealand " Romantic Escapes: Post-Millennial Trends in Contemporary Popular Romance Fiction 177-201 Topic New Zealand national identity race/ethnicity
Fresno-Calleja, Paloma (2022) Repurposing Fantasy Island: Lani Wendt Young’s Telesā Series and the Politics of Postcolonial Romance Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies ONLINE FIRST:ONLINE FIRST Topic Lani Wendt Young YA/teenage romance settings paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance islands Samoa metafiction race/ethnicity sex/sexuality romance and, or as, activism
Fromont, Daniel (2011) " Lire Delly, un plaisir toujours renouvelé " L’Œuvre de Delly 83-90 Topic Delly
Frost, Laura (2006) " The Romance of Cliché: E. M. Hull, D. H. Lawrence, and Interwar Erotic Fiction " Bad Modernisms 94-118 DOI:10.2307/j.ctv125jq8v.8 Topic E. M. Hull trash/literary and or intellectual quality sex/sexuality sheikh romance romance scholarship readers pornography
Frost, Laura (2013) The Problem with Pleasure: Modernism and Its Discontents New York: Columbia University Press Topic E. M. Hull trash/literary and or intellectual quality romance scholarship sex/sexuality readers
Fuchs, Barbara (2004) Romance New York: Routledge Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Funderburk, Amy (2004) Romance collections in North Carolina public libraries: Are all genres treated equally? Masters, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Topic libraries/librarians
Gagne-Hawes, Genevieve (2006) Anatomy of a Romance: Questioning genre conventions in the novels of Nora Roberts Modern Mask 1.2: Topic Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance
Gagnon, Andrée (1987) Et si je t'aime, prends garde à toi : essai d'anthropologie sur la sexualité dans les romans Harlequin Mémoire (M.A.), l’Université Laval Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon sex/sexuality
Gaines, Judith (1990) Tracing feminism through the romance novel, or, the vines (clinging) and the swines (chauvinistic), they are a-changin' M.A., Ball State University Topic feminism
Galateria, Daria (1986) " Erotismo e buona creanza in Georgette Heyer " Maestre d'amore: eroine e scrittrici nell'impero del rosa inglese Topic Georgette Heyer
Galateria, Daria (1987) " Accorgimenti antibovaristi di Georgette Heyer " Intorno al rosa Topic Georgette Heyer
Gallon, Kim (2013) “How Much Can You Read about Interracial Love and Sex without Getting Sore?”: Readers’ Debate over Interracial Relationships in the Baltimore Afro-American Journalism History 39.2:104-114 Topic African American romance romances in magazines and newspapers race/ethnicity readers
Gandolfo, Anita (2007) Faith and Fiction: Christian Literature in America Today Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers Topic Christian romance United States of America Janette Oke Francine Rivers Karen Kingsbury Dee Henderson religion/spirituality
Ganetz, Hillevi Lövgren, Karin (1991) Om unga kvinnor: identitet, kultur och livsvillkor Lund: Studentlitteratur
Ganguly, Keya (1991) Alien(ated) Readers: Harlequin Romances and the Politics of Popular Culture Communication 12.2:129-150 Topic feminism capitalism/business readers
Garber, Linda (2021) Novel Approaches to Lesbian History Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan Topic historical romance LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors history sex/sexuality pirates and outlaws United States of America
García Fernández, Aurora Fresno-Calleja, Paloma (2020) Competence, Complicity and Complexity: Hsu-Ming Teo on the Pitfalls and Nuances of Reading and Researching Popular Romance Raudem, Revista de Estudios de las Mujeres 8:261-280 Topic romance scholarship feminism historical romance rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse love Australia
Gardiner, Edmond F. (1974) Annie S. Swan—forerunner of modern popular fiction Library Review 24.6:251-254 Topic Annie S. Swan
Gardner, Jeanne Emerson (2012) " "Dreams May End, But Love Never Does": Marriage and Materialism in American Romance Comics, 1947-1954 " Comic Books and American Cultural History: An Anthology 94-109 Topic comics/manga
Gardner, Jeanne Emerson (2013) She Got Her Man, but Could She Keep Him? Love and Marriage in American Romance Comics, 1947–1954 The Journal of American Culture 36.1:16-24 Topic comics/manga sex/sexuality history YA/teenage romance marriage United States of America
Gardner, Jeanne (2011) 'True-To-Life': Romance Comics and Teen-Age Desire, 1947-1954 Forum for World Literature Studies 3.1:118-128 Topic comics/manga sex/sexuality YA/teenage romance United States of America
Gardner, Jeanne (2012) " Girls Who Sinned in Secret and Paid in Public: Romance Comics, 1949-1954 " Comic Books and the Cold War, 1946-1962: Essays on Graphic Treatment of Communism, the Code and Social Concerns 92-102 Topic comics/manga sex/sexuality social class Publishing YA/teenage romance United States of America
Gardner, Dora Abigail (2019) Defending the Bodice Ripper MA thesis, Eastern Kentucky University Topic feminism readers sex/sexuality history rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Gargano, Elizabeth (2006) "English Sheiks" and Arab Stereotypes: E. M. Hull, T. E. Lawrence, and the Imperial Masquerade Texas Studies in Literature and Language 48.2:171-186 Topic sheikh romance E. M. Hull race/ethnicity sex/sexuality gender BDSM
Garland, Sarah (2012) " Ornamentalism: Desire, Disavowal, and Displacement in E. M. Hull's The Sheik " Must Read: Rediscovering American Bestsellers from Charlotte Temple to The Da Vinci Code 197-216 Topic E. M. Hull race/ethnicity rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse sex/sexuality gender social class