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Smith, Josefine (2025) "Romance Readers' Perceptions of New Adult Fiction " Still Reading Romance: Identity and Engagement with Popular Romance Fiction 45-58 Topic readers
Smith, Josefine Kollman, Kathleen W. Taylor (2025) Still Reading Romance: Identity and Engagement with Popular Romance Fiction : Rowman & Littlefield Topic readers
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Smith, Faith (1999) "Beautiful Indians, Troublesome Negroes, and Nice White Men: Caribbean Romances and the Invention of Trinidad " Caribbean Romances: The Politics of Regional Representation 163-182 Topic Caribbean race/ethnicity Valerie Belgrave feminism national identity
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Snitow, Ann Barr (1979) Mass Market Romance: Pornography for Women is Different Radical History Review 20:141-161 DOI: 10.1215/01636545-1979-20-141 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon readers gender virginity fashion/clothing food, drink sex/sexuality religion/spirituality settings work pornography Anne Mather
Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (2010) Reading Nora Roberts Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Press Topic Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb
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Soler Gallo, Miguel (2013) "La novela romántica falangista femenina de los años cuarenta " Trivialidades literarias: Reflexiones en torno a la literatura de entretenimiento 487-511 Topic Spain fascism/right-wing authoritarianism
Soler Gallo, Miguel (2014) " El Bien y el Mal: Modelos de conducta femeninos en la novela rosa de los 40 " Variaciones de lo metarreal en la España de los siglos XX y XXI 83-93 Topic fascism/right-wing authoritarianism Spain gender
Soler Gallo, Miguel (2015) Vencer a Medusa: el modelo de mujer angelical en la primera novela rosa de Carmen de Icaza. Feminidad y tradicionalismo Verba Hispanica 23.1:247-260 DOI: 10.4312/vh.23.1.247-260 Topic Carmen de Icaza fascism/right-wing authoritarianism gender family
Soler Gallo, Miguel (2016) "El ideal de la mujer de la Sección Femenina de Falange a través de las ilustraciones de la novela rosa de los años cuarenta " Images of Women in Hispanic Culture 48-73 Topic gender fascism/right-wing authoritarianism Spain paratext Carmen de Icaza
Soler Gallo, Miguel (2016) Novela rosa y fantasía amorosa en la España de los años Cuarenta: análisis de La rival de Julieta de Josefina de la Torre Cuadernos de Aleph 8:128-148 Topic Spain fascism/right-wing authoritarianism Laura de Cominges/Josefina de la Torre gender
Soler Gallo, Miguel (2017) El ideal de masculinidad en la novela romántica falangista: análisis de Una mujer de veinte años de Mercedes Ballesteros Tonos digital: Revista de estudios filológicos 33: Topic SylviaVisconti/Mercedes Ballesteros Gaibrois Spain fascism/right-wing authoritarianism gender war/armed forces history Rosa María Aranda Elena Puerto/Mercedes Formica
Soler Gallo, Miguel (2017) "El juego amoroso en la novela rosa española femenina de los años cuarenta " O jogo do mundo: ensaios sobre o imaginário lúdico 433-454 Topic Spain love fascism/right-wing authoritarianism gender family marriage history
Sonnet, Esther (1999) 'Erotic Fiction by Women for Women': The Pleasures of Post-Feminist Heterosexuality Sexualities 2.2:167-187 DOI: 10.1177/136346079900200202 Topic sex/sexuality feminism pornography
Sonnet, Esther (2000) "What the Woman Reads: Categorising Contemporary Popular Erotica for Women " 246-267 Topic sex/sexuality feminism
Sonnet, Esther (2002) "'"Just a book", she said ...': Refiguring Ethnography for the Female Readers of Sexual Fiction " The Audience Studies Reader 254-273 Topic readers sex/sexuality
Soubeyroux, Marie-Hélène Zapata, Mónica (2016) Miradas sobre una obra polifacética: Homenaje a Jean Louis Guereña Paris: Indigo
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Spears, Jessica D. (2018) The Romance Novel Cover MA thesis, City University of New York (CUNY), Hunter College Topic paratext Publishing gender sex/sexuality pornography
Speese, Erin K. Johns (2024) Came for the Smut, Stayed by Consent: Desire and Consent in Sarah J. Maas’s Fictional Worlds Journal of Popular Romance Studies 13: DOI: 10.70138/UJXK7901 Topic Sarah J. Maas paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse sex/sexuality
Spehner, Norbert (1997) L'Amour, toujours l'amour ...: The Popular Love Story and Romance: A Basic Checklist of Secondary Sources Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2:253-268 Topic romance scholarship
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Spillman, K. Elizabeth (2012) "The "Managing Female" in the Novels of Georgette Heyer " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 84-98 Topic Georgette Heyer gender metafiction marriage
Spinazzola, Vittorio (1977) "Qualche ipotesi sulla narrativa “rosa”. Conversazione con Brunella Gasperini " Pubblico 1977 126-143 Topic Brunella Gasperini
Spinazzola, Vittorio (1995) L'immaginazione divertente. Il giallo, il rosa, il porno e il fumetto Milano: Rizzoli
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Stacey, Jackie Pearce, Lynne (1995) "The Heart of the Matter: Feminists Revisit the Romance " Romance Revisited 11-45 Topic feminism
Stapleton, Rachel F. Viselli, Antonio (2019) Iconoclasm: The Breaking and Making of Images Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press
Stavropoulou, Marina (2016) Romance Fiction: At the Frontline of Digital Publishing Journal of Publishing Culture 6: Topic Publishing
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Sterk, Helen Mae (1986) Functioning fictions: the adjustment rhetoric of Silhouette romance novels PhD, University of Iowa Topic readers gender
Sterling, Alexandra (2020) Love in the Ton: Georgette Heyer’s Legacy in Regency Romance World-Building Nursing Clio : Topic Georgette Heyer historical romance race/ethnicity history
Stern, Stephanie C. Robbins, Brianne Black, Jessica E. Barnes, Jennifer L. (2019) What You Read and What You Believe: Genre Exposure and Beliefs About Relationships Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 13.4:450–461 DOI: 10.1037/aca0000189 Topic psychology readers love gender
Stern, Barbara B. (1991) "Two Pornographies: a Feminist View of Sex in Advertising " NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 18 384-391 Topic pornography feminism sex/sexuality gender
Stetson, Suzanne (2022) Reconciling Reader Response and Feminism in Late Twentieth-Century Erotic Historical Romances INCITE: Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 13: Topic feminism sex/sexuality
Stewart, Eowyn (2024) A Hero in Tears: How the Female Gaze Elicits Male Emotional Vulnerability in Romance Novels Honors Thesis, Abilene Christian University Topic gender emotions Jane Austen Charlotte Brontë Diana Gabaldon Loretta Chase J.T. Geissinger RuNyx Danielle Lori
Stieg, Margaret F. (1985) Indian Romances: Tracts for the Times Journal of Popular Culture 18.4:2-15 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1985.00002.x Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) India settings race/ethnicity gender UK
Still, Julie (2005) Reading Between the Lines: Librarians as Authors of Fiction Libres: Library and Information Science Research e-journal 15.1: Topic libraries/librarians Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle
Stille Luse, Marcia L. (1991) Secondary educators' attitudes and professional assessment of the place for contemporary young adult series romance novels in the low-end and reluctant readers' curriculum Masters, Pacific University Topic YA/teenage romance teaching romance
Stinson, Emmett Mannion, Aaron (2016) The Return of Print?: Contemporary Australian Publishing Clayton, Victoria: Monash University Publishing
Stobaugh, Rebecca (2023) Halfway-Sexual: Exploring Demisexuality in American Literature PhD, Louisiana State University Topic sex/sexuality LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors Fifty Shades Jack Byrne
Stollenwerk, Katie Elisabeth (2020) “I’m a Nurse, Not a Woman”: The Historical Significance of the UWM Nurse Romance Novel Collection Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Topic libraries/librarians history health/medical United States of America work gender Publishing romance scholarship teaching romance paratext Marguerite Mooers Marshall Ethel Hamill/Jean Francis Webb war/armed forces Mary Stolz Dorothy Dowdell race/ethnicity Rose Dana/William Edward Daniel Ross Rubie Saunders
Stoneley, Peter (1999) "'Never Love a Cowboy': Romance Fiction and Fantasy Families " Writing and Fantasy 223-235 Topic United States of America Ann Major Lindsay McKenna Robin Morgan family gender
Stotesbury, John A. (1994) Language and Mindstyle in Anglophone Popular Romantic Fiction under Apartheid Logos 14:18-32 Topic Africa
Stotesbury, John A. (2004) "Genre and Islam in Recent Anglophone Romantic Fiction " Refracting the Canon in Contemporary British Literature and Film 69-82 DOI:10.1163/9789401208307_005 Topic Islam Leila Aboulela Rayda Jacobs religion/spirituality
Stout, Joann (2025) "Beyond the Bodice Ripper: Why Erotic Romance is Feminist Literature " Still Reading Romance: Identity and Engagement with Popular Romance Fiction 93-110 Topic feminism erotic romance
Stowers, Eva (2007) "City of Fantasy: Romance Novels in Las Vegas " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 198-205 Topic settings
Street, Amy (2021) "Georgette Heyer – guilty pleasures " Georgette Heyer, History, and Historical Fiction 240-249 DOI:10.2307/j.ctv15d818n.18 Topic Georgette Heyer readers psychology race/ethnicity social/economic class feminism
Strehle, Susan Carden, Mary Paniccia (2003) Doubled Plots: Romance and History Jackson: University Press of Mississippi
Strinati, Dominic Wagg, Stephen (1992) Come on Down?: Popular Media Culture in Post-War Britain London: Routledge
Struve, Laura (2011) Sisters of Sorts: Reading Romantic Fiction and the Bonds Among Female Readers Journal of Popular Culture 44.6:1289-1306 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00901.x Topic readers paratext Publishing Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Suárez Coalla, Paquita Rivera Valdés, Sonia Íñigo, Ainoa (2018) 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 West Hurley, NY: Editorial Campana
Sughi, Laura (1977) Evasione e conformismo nella narrativa rosa Messina-Firenze: D'Anna Topic Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi
Sujaya, I Made Suarka, I Nyoman Sudewa, I Ketut (2021) Representation of Balinese Exoticism: Analysis of Inter-ethnic Relations Novels in Pre-independence Period The International Journal of Language and Cultural 3.2:46–56 Topic Indonesia
Sule, Sani (2019) Exploring the Benefit and Significance of Reading Hausa Popular Romance Genre: A Thematic Analysis International Journal of Management and Applied Science 5.9:165-168 Topic Nigeria readers
Suleiman, Michael W. Joseph, Suad Cainkar, Louise (2021) Arab American Women: Representation and Refusal : Syracuse University Press
Sullivan, Larry E. Schurman, Lydia Cushman (1996) Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes: Dime Novels, Series Books, and Paperbacks New York: Haworth Press
Sullivan, Ashleigh Taylor (2022) "From Darcy to Dickheads: Why Do Women Love the Bad Boy? " New Frontiers in Popular Romance: Essays on the Genre in the 21st Century 31-44 Topic rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse readers gothic romance gender L. J. Shen sex/sexuality BDSM Penelope Douglas Emily Brontë Charlotte Brontë Fifty Shades Jade West dark romance
Sutherland, Kathryn (2021) "‘Where History says little, Fiction may say much’ (Anna Barbauld): the historical novel in women’s hands in the mid-twentieth century " Georgette Heyer, History, and Historical Fiction 17-35 DOI:10.2307/j.ctv15d818n.7 Topic history Sir Walter Scott Jane Austen Georgette Heyer
Sutherland, John (2009) The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction (Second Edition) London: Routledge Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Florence Barclay Charles Garvice Ouida Rosa Praed Annie S. Swan
Sutton, Roger (1985) Librarians and the Paperback Romance: Trying to Do the Right Thing School Library Journal 32.3:25-29 Topic libraries/librarians YA/teenage romance sex/sexuality trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Sutton, Denise Hardesty (2022) Marketing Love: Romance Publishers Mills & Boon and Harlequin Enterprises, 1930–1990 Enterprise & Society 23.3:680-710 DOI: 10.1017/eso.2020.76 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon Publishing capitalism/business
Suwanban, Pauline (2018) From Exhalation to Transformation: The Female Body in the Orientalist Romance Dandelion: Postgraduate Arts Journal & Research Network 9.1: DOI: 10.16995/ddl.686 Topic E. M. Hull gender sex/sexuality race/ethnicity
Suwanban, Pauline (2020) The Oriental Beast: The Sheik and Fairy Tales Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: DOI: 10.70138/KTGJ5542 Topic E. M. Hull race/ethnicity fairytales/folktales animals gender
Swaffield, Audrey-Claire (1981) Paperbacks Promoting Passion! What Is Harlequin Really Presenting? Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme 3.2:4-6 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon
Swaminathan, Srividhya (2016) "J. D. Robb’s Police Procedurals and the Critique of Modernity " New Perspectives on Detective Fiction: Mystery Magnified 141-156 Topic Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb romantic suspense science fiction/futuristic romance
Swanson, Alexandra (2025) "“Bluebeard’s Castle”: Reconsidering Romance and Revenge in Netflix’s You " #MeToo TV: Essays on Streaming Rape Culture 101-110 Topic rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Søndberg Spaabæk, Anne Sofie (2022) The “Infernal” Value of the Gothic: A Reading of Gothicness and Romanceness in Cassandra Clare’s The Infernal Devices Masters, Aalborg University Topic gothic romance paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance Cassandra Clare genre definitions
Taddeo, Julie Anne (2013) "Corsets of Steel: Steampunk's Reimagining of Victorian Femininity " Steaming Into a Victorian Future: A Steampunk Anthology 43-63 Topic fashion/clothing steampunk feminism gender history
Taddeo, Julie Anne Miller, Cynthia J. (2013) Steaming Into a Victorian Future: A Steampunk Anthology Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press
Talbot, Mary M. (1995) Fictions at Work: Language and Social Practice in Fiction London and New York: Longman Topic readers Harlequin Mills & Boon sex/sexuality gender Kate Walker fashion/clothing linguistics metafiction social/economic class romances in magazines and newspapers YA/teenage romance feminism
Talbot, Mary M. (1997) "‘An Explosion Deep inside Her’: Women’s Desire and Popular Romance Fiction " Language and Desire: Encoding Sex, Romance, and Intimacy 106-122 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon sex/sexuality gender Robyn Donald Diana Hamilton linguistics
Tang, Yang (2014) Between Fantasy and Reality: Time-Travel Romance and Media Fandom in Chinese Cyberspace MA thesis, Simon Fraser University Topic China paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance
Tang, Ning (2022) Reading Online Romance Novels Is Related To Chinese Readers' View of Love Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Science 5.2:32-45 DOI: 10.25236/AJHSS.2022.050206 Topic China readers love
Tanner, David (2016) "Literary Success and Popular Romantic Fiction: Ethel M. Dell, a Case Study " The Book World: Selling and Distributing British Literature, 1900-1940 83-94 DOI:10.1163/9789004315884_006 Topic Ethel M. Dell trash/literary and or intellectual quality Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Publishing romances in magazines and newspapers India settings
Tanner, David (2024) Riding The Tosh Horse: Ethel M. Dell, A Written Life : Brown Dog Books Topic Ethel M. Dell Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Tapper, Olivia (2014) Romance and Innovation in Twenty-First Century Publishing Publishing Research Quarterly 30.2:249-59 DOI: 10.1007/s12109-014-9363-6 Topic Publishing Harlequin Mills & Boon
Tarulli, Laurel (2017) Readers' Advisory: Bad Boy Romances: Biker Boys and Mobster Royalty Reference & User Services Quarterly 56.4:245–248 DOI: 10.5860/rusq.56.4.245 Topic libraries/librarians
Tatlock, Lynne (2012) German Writing, American Reading: Women and the Import of Fiction, 1866-1917 Columbus: Ohio State University Press Topic Germany United States of America translation gender work marriage fairytales/folktales family Publishing E. Marlitt/Eugenie John Wilhelmine Heimburg/Bertha Behrens Fanny Lewald Wilhelmine von Hillern Claire von Glümer Ursula Zöge von Manteuffel E. Werner/Elisabeth Bürstenbinder religion/spirituality Nataly von Eschstruth metafiction social/economic class Charlotte Brontë E. Juncker Moritz von Reichenbach/Valeska von Reiswitz, Gräfin von Bethusy-Huc Golo Raimund/Bertha [Heyn] Frederich history national identity war/armed forces race/ethnicity Louisa May Alcott
Tatlock, Kristen Doris (1986) Raised on romance: a cultural study of romance fiction MA thesis, University of Virginia
Tatum, James (1994) The Search for the Ancient Novel Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Tatum, Charles (1980) Lágrimas, risas y amor: Mexico's Most Popular Romance Comic Book Journal of Popular Culture 14.3:413-423 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1980.1403_413.x Topic comics/manga Mexico
Tavallaie, Marjan (2024) ”It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us.”: The representation of domestic violence in popular romance novel It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover Masters thesis, Karlstad University Topic Colleen Hoover rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Taylor, Jessica Anne (2013) Write the Book of Your Heart: Career, Passion and Publishing in the Romance Writing Community PhD, University of Toronto Topic authors Publishing race/ethnicity social/economic class gender love work
Taylor, Jessica (2007) And You Can Be My Sheikh: Gender, Race, and Orientalism in Contemporary Romance Novels Journal of Popular Culture 40.6:1032-1051 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2007.00484.x Topic gender race/ethnicity sheikh romance settings paratext
Taylor, Jessica (2014) Romance and the Female Gaze Obscuring Gendered Violence in The Twilight Saga Feminist Media Studies 14.3:388-402 DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2012.740493 Topic gender rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Twilight
Taylor, Jessica (2016) "Love the Market: Discourses of Passion and Professionalism in Romance Writing Communities " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 273-295 Topic authors work emotions Publishing
Taylor, Jessica (2018) Animating Creative Selves: Pen Names as Property in the Careers of Canadian and American Romance Writers American Ethnologist 45.1:112-123 DOI: 10.1111/amet.12603 Topic authors Publishing work
Taylor, Jessica (2018) "Flexible Nations: Canadian Romance Writers, American Romance, and the Romance of Canada " Reading between the Borderlines: Cultural Production and Consumption across the 49th Parallel 199-221 DOI:10.2307/j.ctv941x2b.12 Topic Canada authors national identity Kate Bridges settings Publishing Harlequin Mills & Boon race/ethnicity historical romance history
Taylor, Jessica (2020) Garçon Manqué: A Queer Rereading (of) The Sheik Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: DOI: 10.70138/VBEX3804 Topic E. M. Hull Radclyffe Hall gender LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors sex/sexuality readers fashion/clothing race/ethnicity
Taylor, Helen (1989) "Romantic Readers " From My Guy to Sci-Fi: Genre and Women's Writing in the Postmodern World 58-77 Topic readers gender race/ethnicity Barbara Taylor Bradford LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors lesbian romance Margaret Mitchell social/economic class
Taylor, Helen (2019) Why Women Read Fiction: The Stories of Our Lives Oxford: Oxford University Press Topic readers Harlequin Mills & Boon Fifty Shades
Taylor, Anthea (2012) ‘The urge towards love is an urge towards (un)death’: Romance, masochistic desire and postfeminism in the Twilight novels International Journal of Cultural Studies 15.1:31-46 DOI: 10.1177/1367877911399204 Topic YA/teenage romance Twilight death BDSM gender sex/sexuality paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance family
Teague, Anna Sophia Wester (2015) “If my hubby ever did half the stuff my book boyfriends did… I’d put him six ft in the ground” : narratives of interpersonal and gendered violence as discussed in romance novel review websites Honors thesis, Whitman College Topic readers rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse psychology pornography gender sex/sexuality
Tegan, Mary Beth (2007) "Becoming Both Poet and Poem: Feminists Repossess the Romance " Empowerment versus Oppression: Twenty-First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels 231-263 Topic feminism Mary Stewart Jennifer Crusie Vicki Lewis Thompson Georgette Heyer
Tennenhouse, Tracy Shana (1996) Female Fantasies in Women's Popular Fiction PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) gender lesbian romance erotic romance
Teo, Hsu-Ming (1999) Shanghaied By Sheiks: Orientalism and hybridity in women's romance writing Olive Pink Society Bulletin 11.1:12–21 Topic sheikh romance race/ethnicity
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2003) "The Romance of White Nations: Imperialism, Popular Culture and National Histories " After the Imperial Turn: Thinking with and through the Nation 279-292 DOI:10.1215/9780822384397-018 Topic national identity race/ethnicity UK history Africa gender Mary Gaunt, with John Ridgwell Essex E. M. Hull sheikh romance Harlequin Mills & Boon United States of America Native American romance
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2004) Romancing the Raj: Interracial Relations in Anglo-Indian Romance Novels History of Intellectual Culture 4.1: Topic India UK social/economic class history race/ethnicity gender Flora Annie Steel Mrs F. E. Penny Alice Perrin Maud Diver Alice Eustace Juliet Armstrong Harlequin Mills & Boon national identity
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2007) "Orientalism and Mass Market Romance Novels in the Twentieth Century " Edward Said: The Legacy of a Public Intellectual 241-262 Topic sheikh romance gender race/ethnicity sex/sexuality history E. M. Hull UK United States of America work feminism family
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2010) Historicizing The Sheik: Comparisons of the British Novel and the American Film Journal of Popular Romance Studies 1.1: Topic E. M. Hull film/movies UK United States of America race/ethnicity history gender sex/sexuality war/armed forces rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2012) ""Bertrice teaches you about history, and you don't even mind!": History and Revisionist Historiography in Bertrice Small's The Kadin " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 21-32 Topic history historical romance Bertrice Small gender feminism readers
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2012) Desert Passions: Orientalism and Romance Novels Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press Topic history sheikh romance Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) race/ethnicity E. M. Hull United States of America historical romance gender Islam sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2014) “We have to learn to love imperially”: Love in Late Colonial and Federation Australian Romance Novels Journal of Popular Romance Studies 4.2: Topic Australia Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) love gender marriage national identity Mary Bradford Whiting UK race/ethnicity family sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Broda Reynolds Mabel Forrest Marie Bjelke Petersen Alice Grant Rosman Rosa Praed rural romance settings work Ada Cambridge
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2016) "Imperial Affairs: The British Empire and the Romantic Novel, 1890-1939 " New Directions in Popular Fiction: Genre, Distribution, Reproduction 87-110 DOI:10.1057/978-1-137-52346-4_5 Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) UK history national identity Harlequin Mills & Boon Australia Canada New Zealand Africa India E. M. Hull race/ethnicity gender sheikh romance Nora K. Strange settings Rosa Praed Mary Gaunt Gertrude Page Florence Riddell Flora Annie Steel Ouida Marie Corelli Kathlyn Rhodes Joan Conquest Mrs F. E. Penny Maud Diver Alice Perrin Alice Eustace rural romance
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2016) "Orientalism, Freedom, and Feminism in Popular Culture " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 181-203 Topic United States of America Islam history E. M. Hull historical romance sheikh romance sex/sexuality gender feminism work race/ethnicity Barbara Faith Elizabeth Mayne Dana Marton romantic suspense war/armed forces national identity
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2016) "The Romance Novel " Gender: Love 255-270 Topic genre definitions love Jane Austen Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) E. M. Hull Harlequin Mills & Boon Barbara Cartland Georgette Heyer historical romance rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse sex/sexuality gender wealth/prosperity capitalism/business
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2017) The Popular Culture of Romantic Love in Australia North Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Scholarly Publishing
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2018) "The Contemporary Anglophone Romance Genre " Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature DOI:10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.013.415 Topic gender sex/sexuality Publishing race/ethnicity
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2020) Cultural Authenticity, the Family, and East Asian American Romance Novels Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: DOI: 10.70138/RVXO4126 Topic race/ethnicity Asia China authors Publishing United States of America family Jade Lee Jeannie Lin Onoto Watanna/Winnifred Eaton Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) historical romance history love Elizabeth Lowell Marie Donovan Dorien Kelly Vicki Essex Camy Tang Christian romance Ruby Lang Jennifer Lewis Helen Hoang Courtney Milan
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2021) "Love and romance novels " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 454-484 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-21 Topic love sex/sexuality history sociology feminism Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Samuel Richardson Jane Austen Charlotte Brontë religion/spirituality E. M. Hull Kathlyn Rhodes Barbara Cartland Georgette Heyer Harlequin Mills & Boon historical romance Jennifer Crusie wealth/prosperity
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2022) "Transported for life, transported by love: love and the Australian convict romance novel " The Routledge Companion to Romantic Love DOI:10.4324/9781003022343-15 Topic Australia historical romance history gender love Tea Cooper Lena Dowling Joanna Lloyd Candice Proctor
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2023) "Love Is Not Enough: Australian Romantic Fiction from the Mid-Nineteenth to the Early Twentieth Century " The Cambridge History of the Australian Novel 97-113 DOI:10.1017/9781009090049.007 Topic Australia Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Rosa Praed Marie Bjelke Petersen marriage love work
Teo, Hsu-Ming Fresno-Calleja, Paloma (2024) Conflict and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Repairing the Past, Repurposing History New York: Routledge
Teo, Hsu-Ming Fresno-Calleja, Paloma (2024) "Introduction: Conflict and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Repairing the Past, Repurposing History " Conflict and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Repairing the Past, Repurposing History 1-25 DOI:10.4324/9781003493792-1 Topic historical romance history
Teo, Hsu-Ming (2024) "The Australian Convict Prostitute Romance: Narrating Social and Sexual Justice for “Damned Whores” " Conflict and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Repairing the Past, Repurposing History DOI:10.4324/9781003493792-2 Topic Lena Dowling Australia historical romance history gender
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Therrien, Kathleen M. (1997) Trembling at Her Own Response: Resistance and Reconciliation in Mass-Market Romance Novels PhD, University of Delaware Topic Julie Garwood Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Susan Wiggs gender national identity
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Therrien, Kathleen (2012) "Straight to the Edges: Gay and Lesbian Characters and Cultural Conflict in Popular Romance Fiction " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 164-177 Topic LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors Diana Gabaldon Julie Garwood rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Susan Wiggs Emma Holly social/economic class gender BDSM
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Thirard, Marie-Agnès (2004) "Les romans "Adoras" ou les nouveaux contes de fées à l’africaine " Les métamorphoses du conte 255-270 Topic Africa fairytales/folktales paratext
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Thomas, Glen (2007) "The Best Australian Romance Novelist: Emma Darcy " Beautiful Things in Popular Culture 64–78 Topic Emma Darcy Helen Bianchin settings Australia sex/sexuality family metafiction
Thomas, Glen (2008) "And I Deliver": An Interview with Emma Darcy Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies 22.1:113-126 DOI: 10.1080/10304310701732757 Topic Emma Darcy Harlequin Mills & Boon authors Australia sex/sexuality settings emotions Publishing
Thomas, Glen (2012) "Happy Readers or Sad Ones? Romance Fiction and the Problems of the Media Effects Model " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 206-217 Topic readers psychology Anna Campbell rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
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Tidwell, Christy (2016) "“A Little Wildness”: Negotiating Relationships between Human and Nonhuman in Historical Romance " Creatural Fictions: Human-Animal Relationships in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Literature 151-171 DOI:10.1007/978-1-137-51811-8_8 Topic animals paratext historical romance Bertrice Small Patricia Gaffney metaphor/symbolism gender rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse family sex/sexuality happy ending
Tiemeyer, Lena-Sofia (2025) The Hebrew Bible in Contemporary Fiction and Poetry Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge
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Timlin, Carrie (2024) In Search of Utopia: Sylvia Pankhurst, Ethel Mannin, Nancy Cunard, and International Socialist Woman Authors in Interwar Britain PhD, University of the Witwatersrand Topic Ethel Mannin socialism and/or communism history sex/sexuality Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Timlin, Carrie (2024) “The Workers Must Strive if the Butterflies Must Live”: Ethel Mannin’s Love’s Winnowing , the Socialist Romance Novel, and British Working-Class Women Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 43.2:197-217 DOI: 10.1353/tsw.2024.a952300 Topic socialism and/or communism Ethel Mannin social/economic class romance and, or as, activism history Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Timson, Beth S. (1983) The Drug Store Novel: Popular Romantic Fiction and the Mainstream Tradition Studies in Popular Culture 6:88-96 Topic gothic romance Jane Austen Martha Finley United States of America gender
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Tokley, Anne-Marie (2008) Where is my Happy Ending and Why am I Looking for it? The Romance Myth in Contemporary Popular Australian Women’s Fiction PhD, Griffith University Topic Australia love feminism gender romances in magazines and newspapers national identity Harlequin Mills & Boon chick lit Marion Lennox
Tomlinson, Alan (1990) Consumption, Identity, and Style: Marketing, Meanings, and the Packaging of Pleasure London and New York: Routledge
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Toscano, Angela (2019) "The Idolatry of the Real: Form, Formula, and Happy Endings in Romance Literature " Iconoclasm: The Breaking and Making of Images 173-192 DOI:10.2307/j.ctvnb7s6p.13 Topic trash/literary and or intellectual quality genre definitions readers Jennifer Crusie happy ending
Toscano, Angela (2021) "Gothic romance " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 99-117 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-4 Topic gothic romance Mary Stewart
Toth, Emily (1984) Who'll Take Romance? The Women's Review of Books 1.5:12-13 DOI: 10.2307/4019377 Topic feminism rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Emily Toth
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Travis, Melissa E. (2013) Assume the Position: Exploring Discipline Relationships PhD, Georgia State University Topic BDSM
Treacher, Amal (1988) "What is Life Without My Love?: Desire and Romantic Fiction " Sweet Dreams: Sexuality, Gender and Popular Fiction 73-90 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon psychology readers emotions feminism love Doreen Hornsblow as Sally Wentworth sex/sexuality
Trevenen, Claire (2014) Fifty Shades of “Mommy Porn”: A Post-GFC Renegotiation of Paternal Law Journal of Popular Romance Studies 4.1: Topic Fifty Shades gender family sex/sexuality BDSM capitalism/business race/ethnicity
Tristanty, Anggie Ayu Isra Khusyairi, Johny Alfian (2025) Mass-produced romance: BookTok society and the homogenisation of literary culture Jurnal Studi Komunikasi 9.1:249-260 DOI: 10.25139/jsk.v9i1.9576 Topic readers Publishing
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Turner, Natasha (2015) Contemporary Erotic Romance: Cunning Linguists or Fifty Shades of Feminist Dismay? BA (Hons), University of Birmingham Topic feminism sex/sexuality Portia Da Costa Sylvia Day
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Turner, Ellen (2014) "The Sheik Returns: Imitations and Parodies of the Desert Romance " Hype: Bestsellers and Literary Cultures 185-202 Topic E. M. Hull sheikh romance trash/literary and or intellectual quality sex/sexuality Harlequin Mills & Boon rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Turner, Ellen (2015) E. M. Hull's Camping in the Sahara: desert romance meets desert reality Studies in Travel Writing 19.2:127-146 DOI: 10.1080/13645145.2015.1046236 Topic E. M. Hull
Turner, Ellen (2020) The Sheik and Modernism Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: DOI: 10.70138/EYMW7710 Topic E. M. Hull trash/literary and or intellectual quality
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Uparkar, Shilpa (2014) Desi love stories: Harlequin Mills & Boon’s Indian enterprise Australasian Journal of Popular Culture 3.3:321-333 DOI: 10.1386/ajpc.3.3.321_1 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon India languages
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Valeo, Christina A. (2012) Crusie and the Con Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.2: Topic Jennifer Crusie metafiction happy ending readers
Valeo, Christina A. (2012) "The Power of Three: Nora Roberts and Serial Magic " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 229-239 Topic Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance religion/spirituality community family love Paganism/Wicca
Valovirta, Elina (2019) "No Ordinary Love: The Romantic Formula of Stepsibling Erotica " Thinking with the Familiar in Contemporary Literature and Culture 'Out of the Ordinary' 161–180 DOI:10.1163/9789004406742_010 Topic NA romance erotic romance family
Valovirta, Elina (2021) "Repeated Pleasure: Reading the Threesome Ménage Romance as Digital Literature " Powerful Prose: How Textual Features Impact Readers 45-61 Topic sex/sexuality readers NA romance Marie Carnay Charlotte Stein Sierra Sparks Juliana Conners
Valovirta, Elina (2021) "The Stuff of Which Fairy Tales Are Made: Royal Romance, Ordinariness, and Affectivity in the Literary Market " Romantic Escapes: Post-Millennial Trends in Contemporary Popular Romance Fiction 75-94 Topic Publishing social/economic class feminism
Valovirta, Elina (2024) "Love and Loss: Corals and Cultural Sustainability in Caribbean Popular Romance Novels " Arrivals and Departures: The Human Relationship with Changing Biodiversity 109-126 DOI:10.1515/9783111215273-006 Topic settings ecocriticism/environmentalism/climate change Caribbean Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb Terry McMillan Shelby Black Leigh Morano
Valovirta, Elina (2025) Romancing the Caribbean Sea: Size, Mobility and Sustainability in Cruise Ship Romance Fiction Anglia 143.2:382-397 DOI: 10.1515/ang-2025-0026 Topic settings ecocriticism/environmentalism/climate change Caribbean Fern Michaels Rachel Hawthorne Cami Checketts
Valverde, Mariana (1985) Sex, Power and Pleasure Toronto: The Women's Press Topic pornography sex/sexuality gender BDSM wealth/prosperity lesbian romance Jane Rule marriage LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
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Van Den Heuvel, Bailey (2023) Sexual Warfare? Clinch Covers, Stepbacks, and Historical Romance Novels in the Wake of the Golden Age of Pornography Master of Letters in English Literature, University of Glasgow Topic historical romance paratext pornography sex/sexuality
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van Lent, Peter (1996) "“Her Beautiful Savage”: The Current Sexual Image of the Native American Male " Dressing in Feathers: The Construction of the Indian in American Popular Culture 211-227 Topic Native American romance race/ethnicity sex/sexuality gender United States of America
Vani, Christina (2018) Immortal Words: The Language and Style of the Contemporary Italian Undead-Romance Novel PhD, University of Toronto Topic paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance Italy
Vany, Romain (2013) Les mauvais genres en bibliothèques publiques: quelle place pour le roman sentimental paralittéraire? Masters, Enssib, Université de Lyon Topic libraries/librarians
Vasudevan, Aruna Henderson, Lesley (1994) Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers (3rd edition) London: St. James Press Topic Effie Adelaide Rowlands, also known as Madame Albanesi Lucilla Andrews Ruby M. Ayres Faith Baldwin Mary Balogh Florence Barclay Sandra Brown Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook Shirlee Busbee Barbara Cartland Fay Chandos/Jan Tempest Marie Corelli Penny Jordan/Caroline Courtney Janet Dailey Emma Darcy Barbara Delinsky Ethel M. Dell Jude Deveraux Robyn Donald Jeffrey Farnol Charles Garvice Roberta Gellis Elinor Glyn Maysie Greig Radclyffe Hall Anne Hampson Georgette Heyer Jane Aiken Hodge Linda Howard Elizabeth Hoy Iris Johansen Susan Johnson M. M. Kaye Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Charlotte Lamb Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay Johanna Lindsey Elizabeth Lowell Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie Anne Mather Patricia Matthews Lindsay McKenna Judith McNaught Barbara Michaels a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters a.k.a. Barbara Mertz Fern Michaels Linda Lael Miller Margaret Mitchell Carole Mortimer Netta Muskett Susan Napier Betty Neels Kathleen Thompson Norris Kate Norway/Olive Norton Baroness Orczy Diana Palmer Margaret Pargeter Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Mary Renault Emilie Richards Mary Roberts Rinehart Francine Rivers Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb Denise Robins Rosemary Rogers Berta Ruck Kathleen Gilles Seidel Bertrice Small LaVyrle Spencer Mary Stewart Rebecca Stratton Essie Summers Annie S. Swan Kay Thorpe Sylvia Thorpe Karen van der Zee Patricia Veryan Lucy Walker Sheila Walsh Margaret Way Anne Weale Jean Webster Doreen Hornsblow as Sally Wentworth Phyllis A. Whitney Violet Winspear Sara Wood Kathleen Woodiwiss Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham
Veibæk, Eva (1983) Gift dig og bliv lykkelig: romantikkens kærlighedsmyte og triviallitteraturen Århus: Arkona
Velasquez, Diane L. Campbell-Meier, Jennifer (2024) Romance Genre and Collection Management in Australia and New Zealand Public Libraries Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association ONLINE FIRST:ONLINE FIRST DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2024.2365475 Topic libraries/librarians Australia New Zealand
Veldman-Genz, Carole (2012) "The More the Merrier? Transformations of the Love Triangle Across the Romance " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 108-120 Topic love Lisa Kleypas Christina Dodd Linda Howard Catherine George Isabelle Holland Jude Deveraux Amanda Scott Catherine Coulter Maggie Osborne/Margaret St. George Karen Ranney Sandra Brown Nicole Jordan LaVyrle Spencer Penelope Williamson Susan Elizabeth Phillips feminism erotic romance Emma Holly Rachel Bo marriage Mardi Ballou Ellora's Cave Samantha Kane LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Veldman-Genz, Carole (2015) "Selling Gay Sex to Women: The Romance of M/M and M/M/F Romantica " Women and Erotic Fiction: Critical Essays on Genres, Markets & Readers 133-149 Topic sex/sexuality erotic romance m/m romance Ellora's Cave gender BDSM LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Vera-Cazorla, María Jesús (2018) Cultural symbols, myth and identity in four 20th-century English popular romance fiction novels set in Tenerife Anuario de Estudios Atlánticos 64:1-16 Topic Spain Harlequin Mills & Boon settings family
Vera-Cazorla, María Jesús (2020) "“And they Drive on the Wrong Side of the Road”: The Anglo-centric Vision of the Canary Islands in Mills & Boon Romance Novels (1955–1987) " Love, Language, Place, and Identity in Popular Culture: Romancing the Other 25-39 Topic UK Spain Harlequin Mills & Boon settings national identity history gender fascism/right-wing authoritarianism family marriage religion/spirituality
Vera-Cazorla, María Jesús (2022) "Canarian culture and identity and their representation in the novels of the FFI2014-53962-P corpus " 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 275-296 Topic national identity Spain UK metaphor/symbolism
Vera-Cazorla, María Jesús (2022) "La cultura y la identidad canarias y su representación en las novelas del corpus FFI2014-53962-P " 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 85-107 Topic national identity Spain UK metaphor/symbolism
Vermeer, Lina (2023) The Affective Power of Intimacy: A Case Study of a Men’s Hockey Real Person Fan Fiction’s Literary and Social Contexts Master of Arts, Trent University Topic fanfiction genre definitions LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors emotions love pornography readers Canada sport
Veros, Vassiliki (2012) Scholarship-In-Practice: The Romance Reader and the Public Library Australian Library Journal 61.4:298-306 DOI: 10.1080/00049670.2012.10739063 Topic libraries/librarians trash/literary and or intellectual quality readers Australia
Veros, Vassiliki (2015) A Matter of Meta: Category Romance Fiction and the Interplay of Paratext and Library Metadata Journal of Popular Romance Studies 5.1: Topic libraries/librarians Harlequin Mills & Boon paratext
Veros, Vassiliki (2017) Keepers: Marking the Value of the Books on my Shelves Proceedings from the Document Academy 4.1: DOI: 10.35492/docam/4/1/4 Topic readers trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Veros, Vassiliki (2019) Metatextual Conversations: The Exclusion/Inclusion of Genre Fiction in Public Libraries and Social Media Book Groups Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association 68.3:254-267 DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2019.1654741 Topic libraries/librarians trash/literary and or intellectual quality readers
Veros, Vassiliki (2020) The selective tradition, the role of romance fiction donations, and public library practices in New South Wales, Australia Information Research 25.2: Topic Australia libraries/librarians
Veros, Vassiliki (2020) What the Librarians Did: The Marginalisation of Romance Fiction Through the Practices of Public Librarianship PhD, University of Technology, Sydney Topic libraries/librarians Australia
Veros, Vassiliki (2023) Nobody Puts Romance Fiction in the Corner: Public Librarians in New South Wales and Their Dalliance with Romance Fiction Journal of Popular Romance Studies 12: DOI: 10.70138/VTOU1871 Topic libraries/librarians trash/literary and or intellectual quality Australia Harlequin Mills & Boon
Vidotto, Ilaria Goossens, Vannina (2020) "D’une fenêtre à l’autre. Étude d’un motif spécifique à la littérature blanche et au roman sentimental " Phraséologie et stylistique de la langue littéraire/Phraseology and Stylistics of Literary Language; Approches interdisciplinaires/Interdisciplinary Approaches 49-70 DOI:10.3726/b17628 Topic linguistics
Villalba Álvarez, Marina (2000) Mujeres novelistas en el panorama literario del siglo XX: I Congreso de narrativa española (en lengua castellana). Cuenca: Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Villar-Argáiz, Pilar (2018) Ireland and the Popular Genre of Historical Romance: The Novels of Karen Robards ABEI: Brazilian Journal of Irish Studies 20.2:97-109 DOI: 10.37389/abei.v20i2.3204 Topic Ireland historical romance Karen Robards UK race/ethnicity gender cross-dressing settings rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse sex/sexuality
Vinson, James Kirkpatrick, D. L. (1982) Twentieth Century Romance and Gothic Writers Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company Topic Jane Aiken Hodge Effie Adelaide Rowlands, also known as Madame Albanesi Lucilla Andrews Jane Arbor Elizabeth Ashton Ruby M. Ayres Faith Baldwin Florence Barclay Betty Beaty Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook Barbara Cartland Catherine Cookson Marie Corelli Janet Dailey Iris Danbury Ethel M. Dell Viña Delmar Joyce Dingwell/Kate Starr Maud Diver Daphne du Maurier Dorothy Eden Eleanor Farnes Jeffrey Farnol Charles Garvice Roberta Gellis Elinor Glyn Maysie Greig Anne Hampson Georgette Heyer Grace Livingston Hill Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Elizabeth Hoy E. M. Hull Charlotte Lamb Roumelia Lane Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie Anne Mather Patricia Matthews Barbara Michaels a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters a.k.a. Barbara Mertz Margaret Mitchell Netta Muskett Betty Neels Kathleen Thompson Norris Kate Norway/Olive Norton Baroness Orczy Margaret Pargeter Mary Roberts Rinehart Denise Robins Rosemary Rogers Margaret Rome Berta Ruck Rafael Sabatini Sara Seale Danielle Steel Mary Stewart Rebecca Stratton Essie Summers Annie S. Swan Kay Thorpe Patricia Veryan Lucy Walker Margaret Way Phyllis A. Whitney Kathleen Winsor Violet Winspear Kathleen Woodiwiss Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham
Violi, Patrizia (2020) Breve storia della letteratura rosa Perugia: Graphe.it Edizioni Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Carolina Invernizio Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi Publishing Harlequin Mills & Boon romances in magazines and newspapers Fifty Shades fanfiction
Vişan, Nadina (2024) Untranslatability in Regency Romances: Explicitation or Implicitation? British and American Studies 30:233-241 DOI: 10.35923/BAS.30.21 Topic translation Julia Quinn Romania sex/sexuality
Vitackova, Martina (2018) Representation of racial and sexual ‘others’ in Afrikaans popular romantic fiction by Sophia Kapp Tydskrif vir letterkunde 55.1:122-133 DOI: 10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.55i1.3480 Topic Sophia Kapp race/ethnicity sex/sexuality Africa South Africa
Vivanco, Laura Kramer, Kyra (2010) There Are Six Bodies in This Relationship: An Anthropological Approach to the Romance Genre Journal of Popular Romance Studies 1.1: Topic gender Harlequin Mills & Boon Christian romance family sex/sexuality lesbian romance LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Vivanco, Laura (2011) For Love and Money: The Literary Art of the Harlequin Mills & Boon Romance Tirril, Penrith: Humanities-Ebooks Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon trash/literary and or intellectual quality metafiction Shakespeare Jane Austen fairytales/folktales myth metaphor/symbolism Louise Allen Caroline Anderson Elizabeth Ashton Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook Julie Cohen Sophie Cole Jennifer Crusie Carola Dunn Liz Fielding Polly Forrester Kate Hardy Linda Harrel Jessica Hart Madeline Ker Marcia King-Gamble Charlotte Lamb Marion Lennox Margaret Malcolm Paula Marshall Sandra Marton Hilary Neal Betty Neels Diana Palmer Emilie Richards Fay Robinson/Carmel Parsons Thomaston Sara Seale Deborah Simmons Anne Stuart Michelle Styles Jane Sullivan Hope Tarr Claire Thornton Anne Weale Sophie Weston ecocriticism/environmentalism/climate change
Vivanco, Laura (2012) Feminism and Early Twenty-First Century Harlequin Mills & Boon Romances Journal of Popular Culture 45.5:1060–1089 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2012.00973.x Topic feminism Harlequin Mills & Boon
Vivanco, Laura (2012) Jennifer Crusie's Literary Lingerie Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.2: Topic Jennifer Crusie sex/sexuality fashion/clothing metaphor/symbolism
Vivanco, Laura (2012) "One Ring to Bind Them: Ring Symbolism in Popular Romance Fiction " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 99-107 Topic fashion/clothing marriage Lisa Kleypas Jennifer Crusie Loretta Chase Melissa McClone Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Jessica Hart Dorie Graham Roslyn Hardy Holcomb Margot Early Laura Abbot sex/sexuality metaphor/symbolism
Vivanco, Laura (2013) Georgette Heyer: The Nonesuch of Regency Romance Journal of Popular Romance Studies 3.2: DOI: 10.17613/4nan-1375 Topic social/economic class race/ethnicity Georgette Heyer history historical romance
Vivanco, Laura (2016) Pursuing Happiness: Reading American Romance as Political Fiction Tirril, Penrith: Humanities-Ebooks Topic United States of America gender disability race/ethnicity history national identity Linnea Sinclair Pamela Morsi Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb Sharon Shinn LaVyrle Spencer Beverly Jenkins Karin Kallmaker work community historical romance Sharon Brondos Mary Burton Ruth Jean Dale Joan Johnston Ruth Wind/Barbara Samuel/Barbara O'Neal Joan Wolf LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Vivanco, Laura (2017) "A Place “We All Dream About”: Greece in Mills & Boon Romances " Greece in British Women’s Literary Imagination, 1913-2013 81-98 Topic Greece race/ethnicity Harlequin Mills & Boon sex/sexuality science/technology myth
Vivanco, Laura (2020) "Changing Attitudes to Others: Meljean Brook’s Riveted (2012) and its Context " Love, Language, Place, and Identity in Popular Culture: Romancing the Other 113-126 Topic Meljean Brook Publishing authors readers race/ethnicity disability gender steampunk LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors Zoë Archer war/armed forces
Vivanco, Laura (2020) Faith, Love, Hope and Popular Romance Fiction Online: Topic religion/spirituality love death authors readers romance and, or as, activism Lindsay Evans health/medical psychology Piper Huguley race/ethnicity Publishing romance scholarship Rose Lerner Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) sex/sexuality LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors Alyssa Cole wealth/prosperity emotions metaphor/symbolism Carola Dunn Georgette Heyer Lisa Kleypas Meljean Brook Elizabeth Hoyt Justine Davis/Justine Dare Suleikha Snyder Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse community happy ending
Vivanco, Laura (2020) Let’s Not Get Carried Away by The Sheik Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: DOI: 10.70138/MSZX3922 Topic E. M. Hull Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Berta Ruck gender LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors marriage
Vivanco, Laura (2022) Historical Accuracy, Racism, Courtney Milan, and The Duke Who Didn’t Conform to Genre Norms Journal of Popular Romance Studies 11: DOI: 10.70138/VVGT3522 Topic race/ethnicity historical romance authors Courtney Milan history United States of America UK humour
Vivanco, Laura (2024) Feeling Judged: Reflections on Pornography and Romance from a Minotaur Milking Farm Journal of Popular Romance Studies 13: DOI: 10.70138/DZWB7360 Topic pornography trash/literary and or intellectual quality paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance sex/sexuality race/ethnicity emotions C. M. Nascosta metafiction family
Voaden, Rosalynn (1995) "The Language of Love: Medieval Erotic Vision and Modern Romance Fiction " Romance Revisited 78-88 Topic gender religion/spirituality
Wagner, Wendy (2008) Jennifer Crusie Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice 2.2/3:1-16 Topic Jennifer Crusie fairytales/folktales romantic suspense rom-com romance LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors
Wagner, Wendy (2022) "The “Grandly and Inhospitably Strange” World of Autistic Heroines in Romance Fiction " New Frontiers in Popular Romance: Essays on the Genre in the 21st Century 150-164 Topic health/medical disability Helen Hoang Sherry Thomas Talia Hibbert gender community
Waldschmidt, Anne Berressem, Hanjo Ingwersen, Moritz (2017) Culture - Theory – Disability: Encounters between Disability Studies and Cultural Studies Bielefeld, Germany: transcript
Walker, Lisa (2014) Polar bears and evil scientists: Romance, comedy and climate change Australasian Journal of Popular Culture 3.3:363-374 DOI: 10.1386/ajpc.3.3.363_1 Topic science/technology romance and, or as, activism authors settings ecocriticism/environmentalism/climate change
Walker, Alyssa Chen (2013) Bringing the Laboratory Dog Home: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and the Antivivisection Narrative Humanimalia 4.2: DOI: 10.52537/humanimalia.9995 Topic Elizabeth Stuart Phelps animals romance and, or as, activism Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Wallace, Jennifer (2022) "Army trenches and school benches: the Philippine-American War in the Sugar Sun series " The Routledge Companion to Romantic Love DOI:10.4324/9781003022343-17 Topic Jennifer Hallock war/armed forces Philippines United States of America
Wallace, Doris B. (2005) Education, Arts, and Morality: Creative Journeys New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Wallace, Diana (2005) The Woman's Historical Novel: British Women Writers, 1900-2000 Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Topic Georgette Heyer Daphne du Maurier Mary Renault Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Catherine Cookson Jeanette Winterson A. S. Byatt historical romance
Waller, Philip (2006) Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 Oxford: Oxford University Press Topic Charles Garvice Florence Barclay Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) authors
Wardrop, Stephanie (1995) The Heroine is Being Beaten: Freud, Sadomasochism, and Reading the Romance Style: A Quarterly Journal of Aesthetics, Poetics, Stylistics, and Literary Criticism 29.3:459-473 Topic Kathleen Woodiwiss rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse psychology BDSM Linda Howard gender family virginity readers
Wardrop, Stephanie (1997) Last of the Red Hot Mohicans: Miscegenation in the Popular American Romance MELUS 22.2:61-74 DOI: 10.2307/468135 Topic United States of America Native American romance race/ethnicity religion/spirituality Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Colleen Faulkner gender Genell Dellin
Warnaar, Karin (2023) Dresses and Drapery: The Material Essie Summers Scope: Contemporary Research Topics art & design 25:91-96 DOI: 10.34074/scop.1025005 Topic Essie Summers fashion/clothing Harlequin Mills & Boon New Zealand
Warner, Celeste R. (2010) Heyer’s heroes: An investigation into Georgette Heyer and her literary ‘mark’ on the Regency hero Master of Arts, University of Waikato, New Zealand Topic Georgette Heyer gender