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

Effie Adelaide Rowlands, also known as Madame Albanesi

Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Penny Jordan/Caroline Courtney

Catherine Cookson

Charlotte Lamb

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J. R. Ward

Suzanne Brockmann

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Francine Rivers

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Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi

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Corín Tellado

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Booth, Sandra Marie (1996) Remaking the "Angel" and "Monster": ethical shifts in the contemporary popular romance MA, Laurentian University

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contemporary romance

Booth, Sandra (1997) Paradox in Popular Romances of the 1990s: The Paranormal versus Feminist Humor Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2:94-106

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rom-com romance

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sociology

Borgia, Danielle N. (2014) Twilight: The Glamorization of Abuse, Codependency, and White Privilege The Journal of Popular Culture 47.1:153-173

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Twilight

Borham-Puyal, Miriam Sánchez, Jorge Diego García-Pérez, María-Isabel (2020) Documentando la memoria cultural: las mujeres en las (auto)narraciones exocanónicas Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca

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Bouchard, Pierrette (1980) Les romans Harlequin et Cie : plus que du rêve Des luttes et des rires de femmes 4.2:41-43

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Boulet, Yvan (1983) Ces petits romans si agréables à lire Études littéraires 16.3:363–378

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Anne Mather

Bouricius, Ann (2000) The Romance Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Love in the Stacks Chicago: American Library Association

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Boussahba-Bravard, Myriam (2021) Le roman sentimental Regency, entre continuités et ruptures (2000-2020) Le Temps des médias 2021/2 (n° 37):164-182

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Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert

Bowman, Barbara (1983) " Victoria Holt's Gothic Romances: A Structuralist Inquiry " The Female Gothic 69-81

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Bowring, Joanna O’Brien, Margaret (2008) The Art of Romance: Mills & Boon and Harlequin Cover Designs Munich: Prestel

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Brackett, Kim Pettigrew (2000) Facework Strategies Among Romance Fiction Readers The Social Science Journal 37.3:347-360

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Bradford, Robin (2023) The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Romance : ALA Editions

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Bradford, Clare (2013) " Monsters: Monstrous Identities in Young Adult Romance " (Re)Imagining the World: Children’s Literature’s Response to Changing Times 115-125

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Breeden, Amanda L. (2007) Neo romance: gender renegotiation in Harlequin romance novels MA thesis, University of Northern Iowa

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Brenner, Suzanne (2011) " Holy matrimony?: The print politics of polygamy in Indonesia " Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia 212-234

Topic

Habiburrahman El-Shirazy

Breslin, Carol Ann (1999) " Medieval Magic and Witchcraft in the Popular Romance Novel " Romantic Conventions 75-85

Topic

Brickman, Barbara Jane Jermyn, Deborah Trost, Theodore Louis (2020) Love Across the Atlantic: US-UK Romance in Popular Culture Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Broad, Katherine R. (2013) " “The Dandelion in the Spring”: Utopia as Romance in Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games Trilogy " Contemporary Dystopian Fiction for Young Adults: Brave New Teenagers 117–130 DOI:10.4324/9780203084939

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Brock, Alexander Pflaeging, Jana Schildhauer, Peter (2019) Genre Emergence: Developments in Print, TV and Digital Media Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang

Brodbeck, Liselotte (1974) Roman als Ware: Zur Analyse der Liebesromanhefte Basel: Edition Etcetera

Topic

Germany

Brodesco, Alberto (2009) " Harmony: L’amore in edicola " Una galassia rosa: Ricerche sulla letteratura femminile di consumo 37-83

Topic

Italy

Bronstein, Carolyn (2014) The Political Uses of Lesbian Romance Fiction: Reading Patrick Califia’s Macho Sluts as a Response to 1980s Anti-Pornography Feminism Journal of Popular Romance Studies 4.1:

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BDSM

Patrick Califia

Brooker, Will Jermyn, Deborah (2002) The Audience Studies Reader London: Routledge

Brooks, Ann (2022) The Routledge Companion to Romantic Love New York and Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge

Topic

Brouillette, Sarah (2019) Romance Work Theory & Event 22.2:451-464

Topic

Browder, Laura (2006) Dystopian Romance: True Crime and the Female Reader The Journal of Popular Culture 39.6:928-953

Topic

Brown, Sonya C. (2011) Does This Book Make Me Look Fat? Journal of Popular Romance Studies 1.2:

Topic

Brown, Lisa L. (1990) Recovering the reader: literary theory, mass culture, and the modern romance Masters, University of Calgary

Topic

Brown, Julie (1997) Ethnicity and the American Short Story New York and London: Garland Publishing

Brown, Fahamisha Patricia (2008) Anita Richmond Bunkley Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice 2.2/3:1-5

Topic

Anita Richmond Bunkley

Brown, Fahamisha Patricia (2008) Beverly Jenkins Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice 2.2/3:1-6

Topic

Beverly Jenkins

Brown, Eleanor M. (2001) Romance Novel of One's Own: The Nature and "Failure" of the Lesbian Romance Sub-Genre Master of Arts, West Chester University

Topic

Browne, Ray B. Fishwick, Marshall W. (1983) The Hero in Transition Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press

Browne, Pat (1987) Heroines of Popular Culture Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press

Brumme, Jenny Espunya, Anna (2012) The Translation of Fictive Dialogue Amsterdam: Rodopi

Brunet, Peyton Davis, Blair (2022) Comic Book Women: Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age Austin: University of Texas Press

Topic

comics/manga

Bruni, Domenica () Love, sex, and language: Gender differences in sexual fantasizing and evolutionary evidence from storytelling Protosociology :

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evolutionary psychology

Brunt, Rosalind (1984) " A Career in Love: The Romantic World of Barbara Cartland " Popular Fiction and Social Change 127-156 DOI:10.1007/978-1-349-15856-0_6

Topic

Ethel M. Dell

Elinor Glyn

Bruttini, Adriano Marucci, Franco (1986) La performance del testo: atti del VII Congresso Nazionale dell'Associazione Italiana di Anglistica (A.I.A.), Siena, 2-4 Novembre 1984 Siena: Libreria Ticci succ. A. Giubbi & C.

Bruyère, Claire (1990) " La place du roman sentimental dans les pratiques culturelles de ses lectrices dans les États-Unis d’aujourd’hui " Le roman sentimental: actes du colloque des 14-15-16 mars 1989 à la Faculté des lettres de Limoges, volume 1 303-315

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Bruyère, Claire (1992) " Pour le meilleur et pour le pire : critères d’évaluation des romans d’amour contemporains (romances) aux États-Unis " Actes du colloque "Les mauvais genres" organisé au Centre culturel canadien de Paris les 23, 24 et 25 novembre 1989 109-116

Topic

Bryce, Jane Dako, Kari (1993) Textual Deviancy and Cultural Syncretism: Romantic Fiction as a Subversive Strain in Black Women's Writing Wasafiri 17:10-14

Topic

Valerie Belgrave

Bryce, Jane (1994) 'A World of Caribbean Romance': Reformulating the Legend of Love (or: 'Can a Caress Be Culturally Specific?') Caribbean Studies 27.3/4:346–366

Topic

Caribbean

Bryce, Jane (1997) " Women & Modern African Popular Fiction " Readings in African Popular Culture 118-125

Topic

Bryson, Mary (2004) Public Library Services to the Romance Reader: An Online Survey of Romance Readers Masters in Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Topic

Buard, Jean-Luc Santa, Angels (2011) L’Œuvre de Delly Amiens: Centre Rocambole

Topic

Buchanan, Nancy L. (1993) Selection Tools for Popular Romances The Acquisitions Librarian 4.8:99-113

Topic

Buckingham, David (1993) Reading Audiences: Young People and the Media Manchester: Manchester University Press

Bun, Jennifer C. (2007) The Effects of Romance Novel Readership on Relationship Beliefs, Romantic Ideals, and Relational Satisfaction Honors thesis, Boston College

Topic

Burg, Jacob (2020) Houses of Genre Fiction: The Shared Estrangement of Postwar American Culture PhD, Brandeis University

Topic

Kathleen Woodiwiss

Helen Hoang

Burge, Amy (2012) Desiring the east: a comparative study of Middle English romance and modern popular sheikh romance PhD, University of York

Topic

Burge, Amy (2012) " Do Knights Still Rescue Damsels in Distress?: Reimagining the Medieval in the Mills & Boon Historical Romance " The Female Figure in Contemporary Historical Fiction 95-114

Topic

food, drink

Burge, Amy (2014) ‘For you are a man and she is a maid’: Performing masculinity in Orientalist medieval and modern popular romance fiction Journal of European Popular Culture 5.2:89-103

Topic

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

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

Burge, Amy (2016) Representing Difference in the Medieval and Modern Orientalist Romance Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Topic

Burge, Amy (2016) " ‘I Will Cut Myself and Smear Blood on the Sheet’: Testing Virginity in Medieval and Modern Orientalist Romance " Virgin Envy: The Cultural Insignificance of the Hymen 17-44

Topic

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

Burge, Amy (2020) Introduction to the special issue on The Sheik Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9:

Topic

Burge, Amy Robinson, Rachel (2020) Review essay on The Sheik Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9:

Topic

romance scholarship

Burge, Amy (2021) " Class and wealth in popular romance fiction " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 395-410 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-18

Topic

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

Burge, Amy (2022) Beyond Outlander: Annie S. Swan and the Scottish popular romance novel Scottish Literary Review 14.2:1-19

Topic

Annie S. Swan

Scotland

Karen Marie Moning

Lynsay Sands

Burge, Amy Folie, Sandra (2022) " Girls of Riyadh and Desperate in Dubai: reading and writing romance in the Middle East " The Routledge Companion to Romantic Love DOI:10.4324/9781003022343-25

Topic

Burge, Amy (2023) A decolonised alpha hero? Negotiating masculinities in Nigerian romance novels Journal of Popular Romance Studies 12:FORTHCOMING

Topic

Nigeria

Burge, Amy (2023) " Romantic Love across Borders: Marriage Migration in Popular Romance Fiction " Contemporary Love Studies in the Arts and Humanities: What's Love Got To Do With It? 39-49 DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-26055-1_4

Topic

Helen Hoang

Brigitte Bautista

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

Burke, Nicola (2020) Mills and Fur: Feminism and Femininity in the Supernatural Romance PhD, Western Sydney University

Topic

fairytales/folktales

Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

Maggie Stiefvater

Burley, Stephanie Carol (2003) Hearts of Darkness: The Racial Politics of Popular Romance PhD, University of Maryland, College Park

Topic

science fiction/futuristic romance

B. J. James

Native American romance

Dara Joy

Sandra Kitt

Burley, Stephanie (2000) Shadows and Silhouettes: The Racial Politics of Category Romance Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 5.13-14:324-343

Topic

Burley, Stephanie (2003) " What's a Nice Girl like You Doing in a Book like This?: Homoerotic Reading and Popular Romance " Doubled Plots: Romance and History 127-146

Topic

Burnett, Hannah Eisler (2013) Shame game: Romance novels and feminist shame, a mad lib for collective feeling Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory 23.1:140-144

Topic

Burnett, Ann Beto, Rhea Reinhardt (2000) Reading Romance Novels: An Application of Parasocial Relationship Theory North Dakota Journal of Speech & Theatre 13:28-39

Topic

Burnside, Mary Elizabeth (1996) The novels of Mills and Boon in the post-war period M.Phil, University of Hull

Topic

Burrows, J. F. (1987) Computation Into Criticism: A Study of Jane Austen's Novels and an Experiment in Method : Clarendon Press

Topic

Burt, Richard (2002) Shakespeare after Mass Media New York: Palgrave

Burton, Antoinette (2003) After the Imperial Turn: Thinking with and through the Nation Durham and London: Duke University Press

Buttrick, Nicholas Westgate, Erin C. Oishi, Shigehiro (2022) Reading Literary Fiction Is Associated With a More Complex Worldview Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin ONLINE FIRST:ONLINE FIRST

Topic

Byatt, A. S. (1969) " An Honourable Escape: Georgette Heyer " Passions of the Mind: Selected Writings

Topic

Byatt, A. S. (1991) Passions of the Mind: Selected Writings London: Chatto & Windus

Bywaters, Barbara Lee (1989) 'Re-reading Jane': Jane Austen's legacy to twentieth-century women writers PhD, Bowling Green State University

Topic

Bywaters, Barbara (2001) " Decentering the Romance: Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, and Popular Romance Fiction " Georgette Heyer: A Critical Retrospective 493-508

Topic

Cabrera, Christine Ménard, Amy Dana (2013) 'She Exploded into a Million Pieces': A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Orgasms in Contemporary Romance Novels Sexuality & Culture 17.2:193-212

Topic

Cabrera Infante, Guillermo (1975) O Barcelona: Seix Barral

Cabrera Infante, Guillermo (1975) " Una inocente pornógrafa. Manes y desmanes de Corín Tellado " O 39-60

Topic

Corín Tellado

Cadet, Christiane (1986) Roman sentimental ou histoire de sentiments Pratiques: linguistique, littérature, didactique 50:101-110

Topic

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

teaching romance

Cadogan, Mary (1994) And Then Their Hearts Stood Still: An Exuberant Look at Romantic Fiction Past and Present London: Macmillan

Topic

Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert

Rita, pen name of Mrs. Eliza Margaret Humphreys

Elinor Glyn

Ethel M. Dell

romances in magazines and newspapers

Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham

Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay

Caland, Fabienne Claire Rouby, Bertrand Bleton, Paul (2015) L'amour au temps du roman Québec: Télé-université Université du Québec

Topic

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

Magali, pen name of Jeanne Philbert

Max du Veuzit

Calhoun-French, Diane M. (1987) " "New" Women in Old Stories: Silhouette "Intimate Moments" " Heroines of Popular Culture 114-119

Topic

Calhoun-French, Diane M. (1999) " Time-Travel and Related Phenomena in Contemporary Popular Romance Fiction " Romantic Conventions 100-112

Topic

Constance O'Day Flannery

Jo Ann Simon

Heather Graham

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Calhoun-French, Diane M. (2000) Of Love and Death: Murder and Mayhem Meet the Romance Clues: A Journal of Detection 21.1:1-16

Topic

Cameron, Lauren (2020) The Romance Publishing Industry and Its Reputation Publishing Research Quarterly 36:1–16

Topic

Çamoğlu, Dikmen Yakalı (2019) Re/Presenting Gender and Love Leiden: Brill

Cannatella, Bonnie M. (1988) The "Demon lover" : female psychology and the alter ego in the romance and gothic novel of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Masters, University of New Orleans

Topic

Cannon, Emanni N (2022) Contemporary Romance and the Question of Literary Value Master of Arts in English Literature, San Francisco State University

Topic

Colleen Hoover

Cantor, Muriel G. (1987) " Popular culture and the portrayal of women: Content and control " Analyzing Gender: A Handbook of Social Science Research 190-214

Topic

sociology

Cantor, Muriel G. (1989) " Writing Fiction as Women's Work " Communications at the Crossroads: The Gender Gap Connection 92-105

Topic

Capelle, Annick (1996) " Harlequin Romances in Western Europe: The Cultural Interactions of Romantic Literature " European Readings of American Popular Culture 91-100

Topic

Capps, Stephanie Carol (2017) What You Read and What You Believe: Genre Exposure and Beliefs about Relationships Master of Science, University of Oklahoma

Topic

Carlos, Giovana Santana (2019) Fandom e mercado literário: um mapa das mediações das fãs de romance no contexto brasileiro PhD, Unisinos

Topic

Brazil

Carlos, Giovana Santana (2021) " Literatura pop feminina: as fãs de romance no Brasil " Comunicação e Culturas Urbanas: temas, debates e perspectivas 189-216

Topic

Brazil

Carmichael, Lynne Patricia (1985) A romantic past : a study of historical romance as a form of recreational fiction in public libraries M.A. Library Studies, South Australian Institute of Technology

Topic

Carmona González, Ángeles (2002) Corín Tellado: el erotismo rosa Madrid: Espasa Calpe

Topic

Corín Tellado

Carpan, Carolyn (2004) Rocked by Romance: A Guide to Teen Romance Fiction Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited

Topic

Carpan, Carolyn (2009) Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths: Girls' Series Books in America Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press

Topic

Carr, Helen (1989) From My Guy to Sci-Fi: Genre and Women's Writing in the Postmodern World London: Pandora

Carroll, Noël (1994) The Paradox of Junk Fiction Philosophy and Literature 18.2:225-241

Topic

philosophy

Leigh Michaels

Betty Neels

Carroll, Joseph McAdams, Dan P. Wilson, Edward O. (2016) Darwin's Bridge: Uniting the Humanities and Sciences New York: Oxford University Press

Cart, Michael (1996) From Romance to Realism: 50 Years of Growth and Change in Young Adult Literature New York: HarperCollins

Topic

Carter, Ellen (2020) Asexual Romance in an Allosexual World: How Ace-Spectrum Characters (and Authors) Create Space for Romantic Love Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9:

Topic

Carter, Ellen (2022) " Eating Disorders and Romance " New Frontiers in Popular Romance: Essays on the Genre in the 21st Century 136-149

Topic

Carter, Ellen (2022) " What's in a name? A corpus study of phonological differences between gay and straight romance heroes' names " The Routledge Companion to Romantic Love DOI:10.4324/9781003022343-10

Topic

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

Carter, David Galligan, Anne (2007) Making Books: Contemporary Australian Publishing St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press

Carter, David (2023) The Cambridge History of the Australian Novel Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Carter, Catherine (2008) Poverty, Payment, Power: Kathleen Thompson Norris and Popular Romance Studies in American Fiction 36.2:197-220

Topic

Kathleen Thompson Norris

Alisa Klever/Tatiana Vedenska

Casey, Janet G. (2015) Teaching Tainted Lit: Popular American Fiction in Today's Classroom Iowa City: University of Iowa Press

Cassiday, Julie A. (2020) A World Without Safe Words: Fifty Shades of Russian Grey Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9:

Topic

Russia

Cassuto, Leonard Eby, Clare Virginia Reiss, Benjamin (2011) The Cambridge History of the American Novel Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Castagna, JoAnn Radespiel, Robin L. (1990) " Making Rape Romantic: A Study of Rosemary Rogers' "Steve and Ginny" Novels " Women and Violence in Literature: An Essay Collection 299-325

Topic

Caton, Steven C. (2000) " The Sheik: Instabilities of Race and Gender in Transatlantic Popular Culture of the Early 1920s " Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures: Orientalism in America, 1870-1930 99-117

Topic

Cawelti, John G. (1976) Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Topic

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

Cawelti, John (1978) Romance: The Once and Future Queen The Wilson Quarterly 2.3:102-109

Topic

Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay

Phyllis A. Whitney

Cecil, Mirabel (1974) Heroines in Love 1750-1974 London: Michael Joseph Ltd

Topic

romances in magazines and newspapers

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

Cella, Laurie J. C. (2019) The Personal and the Political in American Working-Class Literature, 1850-1939: Defining the Radical Romance Lanham, Maryland: Lexington

Topic

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

socialism and/or communism

Cenarro, Ángela (2010) " Carmen de Icaza: Novela rosa y fascismo " Soldados de Dios y apóstoles de la patria: Las derechas españolas en la Europa de entreguerras 374-396

Topic

Carmen de Icaza

fascism/right-wing authoritarianism

Spain

Centro di documentazione ricerca e iniziativa delle donne, (1987) Intorno al rosa Verona: Essedue

Chakrabarti, Reema Singh, Rajni (2016) Gender Stereotypes and Feminist Strokes: Negotiating the Spaces in Mills and Boon The IUP Journal of English Studies 11.4:43-53

Topic

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

Chandra, Elizabeth (2015) Blossoming Dahlia: Chinese Women Novelists in Colonial Indonesia Southeast Asian Studies 4.3:533-564

Topic

Indonesia

Chaplin, Sue (2019) ‘Daddy, I’m falling for a monster’: Women, Sex, and Sacrifice in Contemporary Paranormal Romance Gothic Studies 21.1:10-27

Topic

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

Chappel, Deborah K. (1991) American romances: narratives of culture and identity PhD, Duke University

Topic

Jude Deveraux

LaVyrle Spencer

Janet Dailey

Kathleen Winsor

Margaret Mitchell

E. D. E. N. Southworth

Chappel, Deborah K. (1997) LaVyrle Spencer and the Anti-Essentialist Argument Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2:107-120

Topic

Charles, John Mosley, Shelley Bouricius, Ann (1999) Romancing the YA Reader Voice of Youth Advocates 21.6:414-419

Topic

Charles, John Mosley, Shelley (2002) Getting Serious about Romance: Adult Series Romances for Teens Voice of Youth Advocates 25.2:87-93

Topic

Charles, John Linz, Cathie (2005) Romancing Your Readers: How Public Libraries Can Become More Romance Reader Friendly Public Libraries 44.1:43–48

Topic

emotions

Eileen Dreyer/Kathleen Korbel

Charles, John Mosley, Shelley (2007) Romance Today: An A-to-Z Guide to Contemporary American Romance Writers Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishers

Topic

Laurie Schnebly Campbell

Jennifer Greene/Jeanne Grant/Jessica Massey/Alison Hart

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Ruth Wind/Barbara Samuel/Barbara O'Neal

Lauren Royal

Charlton, Michael (2020) " Till Death Do Us Part: Romancing the Stone, Death Becomes Her, and the Romance Genre " A Critical Companion to Robert Zemeckis 17-29

Topic

film/movies

Chaves, Duarte Nuno (2019) Memoria e Identidade Insular: Religiosidade, Festividades e Turismo nos Arquipélagos da Madeira e Açores Velas, S. Jorge: CHAM (Centro de Humanidades Santa Casa da Misericórdia das Velas)

Chawla, Gitanjali Mittal, Sangeeta (2022) Indian Popular Fiction: Redefining the Canon Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

Chelton, Mary K. (1991) Unrestricted Body Parts and Predictable Bliss: The Audience Appeal of Formula Romances Library Journal 116.12:44-49

Topic

Chelton, Mary K. (2015) Readers' Advisory: There Seem to be More SEALs in Romance Fiction than in the US Navy, and if so, Why Does it Matter? Reference & User Services Quarterly 55.1:21-24

Topic

Chelton, Mary K. (2018) Searching for Birth Parents or Adopted Children: Finding without Seeking in Romance Novels Reference & User Services Quarterly 57.4:266-273

Topic

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

Chen, Eva Y. I. (2007) " Forms of Pleasure in the Reading of Popular Romance: Psychic and Cultural Dimensions " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 30-41

Topic

Chen, Eva (2019) “The Hate that Changed”: Cycling Romance and the Aestheticization of Women Cyclists Victorian Periodicals Review 52.3:489-517

Topic

romances in magazines and newspapers

Cherniak, Mariia (2005) " Russian Romantic Fiction " Reading for Entertainment in Contemporary Russia: Post-Soviet Popular Literature in Historical Perspective 151-172

Topic

Russia

socialism and/or communism

computer/video/digital games

Chess, Shira (2014) Strange Bedfellows: Subjectivity, Romance, and Hidden Object Video Games Games and Culture 9.6:417-428

Topic

metafiction

Christen Anne Kelley

Chevigny, Bell Gale Laguardia, Gari (1986) Reinventing the Americas: Comparative Studies of Literature of the United States and Spanish America Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Cheyne, Ria (2013) Disability Studies Reads the Romance Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies 7.1:37–52

Topic

Cheyne, Ria (2017) " Disability Studies Reads the Romance: Sexuality, Prejudice, and the Happily-Ever-After in the Work of Mary Balogh " Culture - Theory – Disability: Encounters between Disability Studies and Cultural Studies 201-230 DOI:10.14361/9783839425336-012

Topic

Cheyne, Ria (2018) " Disability in Genre Fiction " The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability 185-198 DOI:10.1017/9781316104316.014

Topic

disability

Fay Robinson/Carmel Parsons Thomaston

Cheyne, Ria (2019) Disability, Literature, Genre: Representation and Affect in Contemporary Fiction Liverpool: Liverpool University Press

Topic

Chivers, Marian (2014) The Warrior Woman in Contemporary Romance Fiction Masters, Federation University Australia

Topic

Justine Davis/Justine Dare

Chivers, Marian Speed, Lesley Tasker, Meg (2014) The warrior woman in Harlequin’s Bombshell Athena Force series Australasian Journal of Popular Culture 3.3:335-349

Topic

Chopra, Radhika (1995) " Wanted Men: Imaging the Hero in Popular Romantic Fiction " Perspectives on Women: Canada and India ??

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Chopra, Radhika (1998) Whose Face Do I See?: Anonymity and Authorship in Popular Romances Indian Journal of Gender Studies 5.2:185-200

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authors

Chow, Karen (1999) Popular Sexual Knowledges and Women’s Agency in 1920s England: Marie Stopes’s Married Love and E.M. Hull’s The Sheik Feminist Review 63:64-87

Topic

Choyke, Kelly L. (2019) The Power of Popular Romance Culture: Community, Fandom, and Sexual Politics PhD, Ohio University

Topic

community

Christian, Linda Kathryn (1984) Becoming a Woman through Romance: Adolescent Novels and the Ideology of Femininity PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Topic

Christian-Smith, Linda K. (1987) Gender, Popular Culture, and Curriculum - Adolescent Romance Novels as Gender Text Curriculum Inquiry 17.4:365-406

Topic

Christian-Smith, Linda K. (1988) Girl's Romance Novel Reading and What to Do about It New Advocate 1.3:177-185

Topic

Christian-Smith, Linda K. (1988) " Romancing the girl: adolescent romance novels and the construction of femininity " Becoming Feminine: The Politics of Popular Culture 76–101

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Christian-Smith, Linda K. (1990) Becoming a Woman Through Romance London: Routledge

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Christian-Smith, Linda K. (1993) " Sweet Dreams: Gender and Desire in Teen Romance Novels " Texts of Desire: Essays on Fiction, Femininity and Schooling 45-68

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Christian-Smith, Linda K. (1993) Texts of Desire: Essays on Fiction, Femininity and Schooling London: Falmer Press

Christian-Smith, Linda K. (1993) " Voices of Resistance: Young Women Readers of Romance Fiction " Beyond Silenced Voices: Class, Race, and Gender in United States Schools 169-189

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Christian-Smith, Linda K. (1994) " Young Women and Their Dream Lovers: Sexuality in Adolescent Fiction " Sexual Cultures and the Construction of Adolescent Identities 206-227

Topic

Christopherson, Neal (1999) Accommodation and Resistance in Religious Fiction: Family Structures and Gender Roles Sociology of Religion 60.4:439–455

Topic

Churchwell, Sarah Smith, Thomas Ruys (2012) Must Read: Rediscovering American Bestsellers from Charlotte Temple to The Da Vinci Code London: Continuum Books

Clark, Beverly Lyon Bernier, Karen Gennari Henneberry-Nassau, Michelle Jenks, Lauren Beth Moorman, Angie J. Rhoades, Marah Bianca (1996) Reading Romance, Reading Ourselves The Centennial Review 40.2:359-384

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teaching romance

Clasen, Tricia Hassel, Holly (2017) Gender(ed) Identities: Critical Rereadings of Gender in Children’s and Young Adult Literature New York: Routledge

Clasen, Tricia (2017) " Masculinity and Romantic Myth in Contemporary YA Romance " Gender(ed) Identities: Critical Rereadings of Gender in Children’s and Young Adult Literature 228–241

Topic

Clawson, Laura (1998) Covering genres: romance, science-fiction/fantasy, pleasure, and respectability B.A. Honors, Wesleyan University

Topic

Clawson, Laura (2005) Cowboys and Schoolteachers: Gender in Romance Novels, Secular and Christian Sociological Perspectives 48.4:461-479

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sociology

Clay, Catherine DiCenzo, Maria Green, Barbara Hackney, Fiona (2018) Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1918-1939: The Interwar Period Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Clement, Jennifer (2021) " Loving and giving: realism, emotional hypocrisy and generosity in A Civil Contract " Georgette Heyer, History, and Historical Fiction 88-104 DOI:10.2307/j.ctv15d818n.11

Topic

Close, Lisa (2008) Functional analysis of the contemporary folkloric vampire MA thesis, Brigham Young University

Topic

Coddington, Lynn (1997) Romance and Power: Writing Romance Novels as a Practice of Critical Literacy PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Coddington, Lynn (1997) Wavering Between Worlds: Feminist Influences in the Romance Genre Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2:58-77

Topic

Ruth Wind/Barbara Samuel/Barbara O'Neal

Barbara McMahon

emotions

Jennifer Crusie

Cohn, Jan (1977) The Romances of Mary Roberts Rinehart: Some Problems in the Study of Popular Culture Journal of Popular Culture 11.3:581-590

Topic

Mary Roberts Rinehart

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

Cohn, Jan (1988) Romance and the Erotics of Property: Mass-Market Fiction for Women Durham and London: Duke University Press

Topic

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

Cole, Elizabeth (2020) Authors on The Sheik: A conversation with Liz Fielding Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9:

Topic

Liz Fielding

Coles, Claire D. Shamp, M. Johnna (1984) Some Sexual, Personality, and Demographic Characteristics of Women Readers of Erotic Romances Archives of Sexual Behavior 13.3:187-209

Topic

Colmenero, Laura E. (1999) The social construction of gender as represented in popular fiction, 1990-1997 PhD, South Dakota State University

Topic

Johanna Lindsey

Constans, Ellen (1990) " Cri du coeur, cri du corps dans les romans de Delly " Le roman sentimental: actes du colloque des 14-15-16 mars 1989 à la Faculté des lettres de Limoges, volume 1 263-276

Topic

Constans, Ellen (1990) Le roman sentimental: actes du colloque des 14-15-16 mars 1989 à la Faculté des lettres de Limoges, volume 1 Limoges: Université de Limoges. Centre de recherches sur les littératures populaires

Constans, Ellen (1991) Le roman sentimental: actes du colloque des 14-15-16 mars 1989 à la Faculté des lettres de Limoges, Volume 2 Limoges: PULIM (Presses universitaires de Limoges)

Constans, Ellen (1991) " Roman sentimental, roman d’amour: Amour...toujours... " Le roman sentimental: actes du colloque des 14-15-16 mars 1989 à la Faculté des lettres de Limoges, Volume 2 21-33

Constans, Ellen (1992) " Du bon chic-bon genre dans un mauvais genre: le roman d’amour de Delly " Actes du colloque "Les mauvais genres" organisé au Centre culturel canadien de Paris les 23, 24 et 25 novembre 1989

Topic

Constans, Ellen Vareille, Jean-Claude (1994) Crime et châtiment dans le roman populaire de langue française du XIXe siècle: actes du colloque international de mai 1992 à Limoges Limoges: PULIM (Presses universitaires de Limoges)

Constans, Ellen (1995) " Cri du Coeur, cri du corps, dans les romans de Delly " Guimauve et fleurs d’oranger: Delly 117-136

Topic

Constans, Ellen (1995) " Du bon chic-bon genre dans un mauvais genre: le roman d’amour de Delly " Guimauve et fleurs d’oranger: Delly 95-116

Topic

Constans, Ellen (1997) " Du roman sentimental au roman d'amour: qu'en est-il du déclassement? " Le Roman Populaire en Question(s): Actes du colloque international de mai 1995 à Limoges 349-378

Topic

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

Constans, Ellen (1999) Parlez-moi d’amour: Le roman sentimental. Des romans grecs aux collections de l’an 2000 Limoges: PULIM (Presses universitaires de Limoges)

Topic

romance scholarship

Constans, Ellen (2008) Ouvrières des lettres: Les Romancières dans la production de la littérature de masse de la première moitié du XXe siècle Belphégor 7.2:

Topic

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

Constans, Ellen (2009) Images de la femme dans le roman sentimental Belphégor 8.2:

Topic

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

Georges Ohnet

Constans, Ellen (2009) La censure du roman sentimental en France ou le refoulement des mauvais genres Belphégor 8.2:

Topic

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

Constans, Ellen (2009) Roman sentimental, roman d'amour: Amour ... toujours Belphégor 8.2:

Topic

Constans, Ellen (2011) " Le premier Delly ou comment l’idéologie subvertit le récit amoureux " L’Œuvre de Delly 45-81

Topic

Cook, Nancy (2009) " Home on the Range: Montana Romances and Geographies of Hope " All Our Stories Are Here: Critical Perspectives on Montana Literature 55-77

Topic

rural romance

Tami Hoag

community

animals

Cook, Jon (1988) " Fictional Fathers " Sweet Dreams: Sexuality, Gender and Popular Fiction 137-164

Topic

wealth/prosperity

Cook, Jennifer R. Rostosky, Sharon S. Riggle, Ellen D. B. (2013) Gender Role Models in Fictional Novels for Emerging Adult Lesbians Journal of Lesbian Studies 17.2:150-166

Topic

Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth (1996) American Indian Intellectualism and the New Indian Story American Indian Quarterly 20.1:57-76

Topic

Native American romance

Kathleen Eagle

Cooper, Katherine Short, Emma (2012) The Female Figure in Contemporary Historical Fiction Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Coote, Lesley Kaufman, Alexander L. (2018) Robin Hood and the Outlaw/ed Literary Canon New York: Routledge

Copy, Christine (2015) C’est une femme qui vous parle: à propos de quelques caractéristiques du discours rapporté dans les romans sentimentaux de la collection Harlequin en anglais Le discours et la langue 7.1:141-152

Topic

Coquillat, Michelle (1988) Romans d’amour Paris: Éditions Odile Jacob

Topic

Corbin, Joanie (2007) Lady Guimauve ou la (re)fabrication de l’auteur populaire Communication, lettres et sciences du langage 1.1:5-14

Topic

Corbin, Joanie (2009) La représentation de l’adolescente dans une collection de romans à grande diffusion Mémoires du livre / Studies in Book Culture 1.1:

Topic

Cordell, Sigrid (2013) Loving in Plain Sight: Amish Romance Novels as Evangelical Gothic Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies 1.2:1-16

Topic

Beverly Lewis

fascism/right-wing authoritarianism

Corderot, Didier (2015) Biblioteca Rocío" (1937-1939) o las virtudes de la novela rosa durante la Guerra Civil española Tropelias: Revista de teoría de la literatura y literatura comparada 23:26-48

Topic

Spain

Magali, pen name of Jeanne Philbert

Cortesi, Taylor D. (2013) 'Traitorous Bodies': Cartesian Dualism in Romance Novels by Susan Johnson and E. L. James Masters, Texas State University

Topic

Susan Johnson

Fifty Shades

Costas Rodríguez, Jenaro (2005) Ad amicam amicissime scripta: homenaje a la profesora María José López de Ayala y Genovés (Volumen II) Madrid: UNED

Coste, Didier (1981) Installments of the Heart: Text Delimitation in Periodical Narrative and Its Consequences Sub-Stance 10/11:56-65

Topic

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

Hedwig Courths-Mahler

Florence Barclay

Grace Livingston Hill

Rafael Pérez y Pérez

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

Coste, Didier (1984) Conformité et narrativité: travail de reproduction idéologique et discours du changement d'après quelques romans de Rafael Pérez y Pérez PhD, ANRT Université de Lille

Topic

Rafael Pérez y Pérez

Coste, Didier (1984) " Le genre du roman rose et la dissidence amoureuse " Le récit amoureux: Colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle 297-307

Coste, Didier Zéraffa, Michel (1984) Le récit amoureux: Colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle Seyssel: Editions du Champ Vallon

Coste, Didier (1986) " A los principios de la novela rosa: dos novelas de Pérez y Pérez " Les Productions populaires en Espagne, 1850-1920 335-52

Topic

Rafael Pérez y Pérez

Spain

Coste, Didier (1986) " La littérarité du roman rose: ses mécanismes, ses raisons, ses conséquences " Richesses du roman populaire: actes du colloque international de Pont-à-Mousson, octobre 1983 195-208

Topic

Cothran, Casey A. Cannon, Mercy (2016) New Perspectives on Detective Fiction: Mystery Magnified New York: Routledge

Coulibaly, Isaïe Biton (2006) Les nouvelles reines d'Adoras Amina 440:88-89

Topic

Yeveny Bomou/Bomou Karidja

Koussoh Mélika/Hélène Soungalo Diomandé

K. Fatym/Kaba Fanta

Amani N'Guessan/Nathalie Amani N'Guessan épouse Gbalou

Coward, Rosalind (1984) Female Desire: Women’s Sexuality Today London: Paladin

Topic

Cox, Anthony Fisher, Maryanne (2009) The Texas Billionaire's Pregnant Bride: An Evolutionary Interpretation of Romance Fiction Titles Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology 3.4:386-401

Topic

evolutionary psychology

Craddock, Louise (2004) Bridget Jones's Little Red Dress: Chicklit, mass-market popular romance and feminism Diegesis: Journal of the Association for Research in Popular Fictions 8:43-51

Topic

chick lit

Melissa Senate

Crane, Ralph Fletcher, Lisa (2016) The Genre of Islands: Popular Fiction and Performative Geographies Island Studies Journal 11.2:637-650

Topic

islands

rural romance

Crane, Ralph Fletcher, Lisa (2017) Island Genres, Genre Islands: Conceptualisation and Representation in Popular Fiction London: Rowman & Littlefield

Topic

islands

Margaret Evans Porter

Crane, Megan (2015) Stacy Holden’s ‘Love in the Desert’: An Author’s Response Journal of Popular Romance Studies 5.1:

Topic

Crane, Lynda L. (1994) Romance Novel Readers: in Search of Feminist Change? Women's Studies 23.3:257-269

Topic

Cranny-Francis, Anne (1990) Feminist Fiction: Feminist Uses of Generic Fiction Cambridge: Polity

Topic

Crawford, Mary (1994) Rethinking the Romance: Teaching the Content and Function of Gender Stereotypes in the Psychology of Women Course Teaching of Psychology 21.3:151-153

Topic

teaching romance

Crawford, Joseph (2014) The Twilight of the Gothic? Vampire Fiction and the Rise of the Paranormal Romance, 1991-2012 Cardiff: University of Wales Press

Topic

Twilight

Crawford, Joseph (2021) " Old-World Heroes and New-World Heroines in Post-Millennial Anglophone Romance Media " Romantic Escapes: Post-Millennial Trends in Contemporary Popular Romance Fiction 29-54

Topic

Scotland