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Reading the Romance with Colette in ‘La Lune de pluie'
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Reading the Romance: Through the Eyes of a Millenial Feminist
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Medeni ya da müslüman: popüler aşk romanlarında Feyza olmak
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Corín Tellado: la Cenicienta en la sociedad de consumo
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The Kitchen and Beyond: The Romantic Chronotope in Pakistani Popular Fiction
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On Loving Popular Fiction in Pakistan
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Romance in an Old Bookshop
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Kitsch, Romance Fiction and Male Paranoia: Stephen King meets the Frankfurt School
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Romancing the New Evangelical Woman
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A Comparative Analysis of Female Role Models in Selected Contemporary Teen Romances
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Auburn University
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Del cuento de hadas a la novela romántica: Una visión de la sub/literatura como gimnasio mental y laboratorio de sub/versión cultural
"
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69-95
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"
Chamorro WWII Romances: Combating Erasure with Tales of Survival and Vitality
Journal of Popular Romance Studies
8:
(2019)
American Quaker Romances: Building the Myth of the White Christian Nation
Valencia:
Universitat de València
(2021)
Images of Women in Hispanic Culture
Newcastle upon Tyne:
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
(2016)
Taking Stock to Look Ahead: Celebrating Forty Years of English Studies in Spain
Zaragoza:
Prensas Universitarias de la Universidad de Zaragoza
(2018)
Romancing the Patron: Romance novels don't get equal review treatment
Library Journal
117.21:118
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Topic
The 2000-2003 Proceedings of the SW/Texas PCA/ACA Conference
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Entertainment: A Cross-Cultural Examination
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The Success behind the Candy-Colored Covers: An Evolutionary Perspective on Romance Novels
Evolutionary Review
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Evolutionary and sociocultural themes in cover art on Harlequin romance novels: A temporal analysis
Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
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Man Change Thyself: Hero Versus Heroine Development in Harlequin Romance Novels
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Beyond the Blockbusters: Themes and Trends in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction
Jackson:
University Press of Mississippi
(2020)
Kvinnorna gör mannen: maskulinitetskonstruktioner i kvinnors text och bild 1500-2000
Göteborg:
Makadam förlag
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The Female Gothic
Montreal:
Eden Press
(1983)
Annihilating love and heterosexuality without women: Romance, generic difference, and queer politics in "Supernatural" fan fiction
Transformative Works and Cultures
4:
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(2010)
¿Victoria contra Corín Tellado?: La novela rosa revolucionaria cubana y la ficción en Mujeres
Romance Notes
49.1:91-100
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(2009)
From Australia with love: Australian romance novels, 1950-2000
PhD,
University of Melbourne
(2001)
Love Brought to Book: A Bio-Bibliography of 20th Century Australian Romance Novels
Melbourne:
National Centre for Australian Studies
(1995)
Topic
A Labour of Love? Compiling a Bibliography of Twentieth Century Australian Romance Novels
Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services
9.3-4:170-178
(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
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Not just housewives and old maids
Collection Building
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Topic
From Australia With Love: A History of Modern Australian Popular Romance Novels
Fremantle:
Curtin University Books
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Topic
Blushing Bride to Bush Matriarch: Women in the Fiction of Lucy Walker
Journal of Publishing
1:37-52
(2005)
Topic
I love you: historical romance fiction and heterosexuality
PhD,
University of Melbourne
(2002)
Topic
Pedagogy Report: Embedding Popular Romance Studies in Undergraduate English Units: Teaching Georgette Heyer’s Sylvester
Journal of Popular Romance Studies
1.2:
(2011)
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Popular Romance Studies: What is it, and why does it matter?
Journal of Popular Romance Studies
3.2:
(2013)
Topic