Author Risbridger, Ella Publisher Sceptre Location London Publication year 2025 Link https://www.google.com/books/edition/In_Love_with_Love/4KI_EQAAQBAJ?kptab=editi… Comment I don't think this is actually an "academic" book, but I thought I'd create an entry in case it's along the same lines as Rachel Anderson's The Purple Heart Throbs: The Sub-Literature of Love or Mary Cadogan's And Then Their Hearts Stood Still: An Exuberant Look at Romantic Fiction Past and Present.The book was reviewed in The Guardian. An article on romantic fiction by Risbridger can be found here.
I don't think this is actually an "academic" book, but I thought I'd create an entry in case it's along the same lines as Rachel Anderson's The Purple Heart Throbs: The Sub-Literature of Love or Mary Cadogan's And Then Their Hearts Stood Still: An Exuberant Look at Romantic Fiction Past and Present.
The book was reviewed in The Guardian. An article on romantic fiction by Risbridger can be found here.