Bilodeau, Isabelle (2022) How Romance Translators Write Themselves and Their Readers into Afterwords Departmental Bulletin Paper 47:81-98 Topic paratext translation Japan
Bird, S. Elizabeth (1996) Dressing in Feathers: The Construction of the Indian in American Popular Culture Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press
Bird, Paul (2018) Issues of Socioeconomic Class in Barbara Cartland’s A Duel of Hearts and Catherine Cookson’s The Menagerie The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Journal, KGU 6:73-83 DOI: 10.20558/00001232 Topic social/economic class Barbara Cartland Catherine Cookson
Birthisel, Jessica (2020) "The Good, the Bad, and the Kinky: Erotic Romance Writing in a Post-Fifty Shades of Grey Landscape " Communication in Kink: Understanding the Influence of the Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomenon 53-76 Topic erotic romance Fifty Shades authors sex/sexuality Publishing BDSM
Bissessar, Ann Marie Huggins, Camille (2021) Gender and Domestic Violence in the Caribbean Cham: Palgrave Macmillan
Blake, Susan L. (2003) "What "Race" is the Sheik?: Rereading a Desert Romance " Doubled Plots: Romance and History 67-85 Topic E. M. Hull rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse race/ethnicity history marriage gender sheikh romance
Blanding, Cristen (2005) Interracial romance novels and the resolution of racial difference MA thesis, Bowling Green State University Topic race/ethnicity African American romance
Blanshard, Alastair J.L. Stafford, Emma (2020) The Modern Hercules: Images of the Hero from the Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century Leiden: Brill
Bleton, Paul Bonaccorsi, Robert (1986) Cahiers pour la littérature populaire. Recherches québécoises La Seyne-sur-Mer: Centre d'Études sur la Littérature populaire
Bleton, Paul (1995) Armes, larmes, charmes: sérialité et paralittérature Québec: Nuit blanche éditeur
Bleton, Paul Saint-German, Richard (1997) Les hauts et les bas de l'imaginaire western dans la culture médiatique Montréal: Éditions Triptyque
Blodgett, Jan (1997) Protestant Evangelical Literary Culture and Contemporary Society Westport: Greenwood Press Topic Christian romance religion/spirituality Janette Oke rural romance historical romance Hilda Stahl Leonora Pruner Leslie Holden Lurlene McDaniel Mary LaPietra
Bloom, Clive (2002) Bestsellers: Popular Fiction Since 1900 Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Topic UK readers Publishing Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Florence Barclay Marie Corelli Charles Garvice Elinor Glyn Baroness Orczy Effie Adelaide Rowlands, also known as Madame Albanesi Berta Ruck Ethel M. Dell Ruby M. Ayres Jeffrey Farnol E. M. Hull Rafael Sabatini Daphne du Maurier Georgette Heyer Margaret Mitchell Mary Renault Jackie Collins Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Barbara Taylor Bradford Barbara Cartland Catherine Cookson Charlotte Lamb Penny Jordan/Caroline Courtney M. M. Kaye Colleen McCullough Danielle Steel Phyllis A. Whitney
Bloom, Clive (2020) The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan
Blouin, Michael J. (2018) Mass-Market Fiction and the Crisis of American Liberalism, 1972–2017 Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan Topic family social/economic class work capitalism/business
Bly, Mary (2012) "On Popular Romance, J. R. Ward, and the Limits of Genre Study " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 60-72 Topic J. R. Ward fashion/clothing gender United States of America war/armed forces sex/sexuality LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors Suzanne Brockmann
Böhmová, Petra (2012) Contemporary American Christian Fiction: Young and Rivers Diploma, Masaryk University Topic Francine Rivers Christian romance
Boisvert, Anik (2009) Le roman historique sentimental: le cas des « J'ai lu » Maîtrise en études littéraires, L'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Topic historical romance Jane Feather Lisa Kleypas gender
Boivin, Karol'Ann Luneau, Marie-Pier (2021) Qu’ont en commun Mimi Estival, Roxanne d’Avril et Georgette Mars? Auctorialité et roman sentimental québécois de l’après guerre (1944-1965) Authorship 10.1: DOI: 10.21825/aj.v10i1.20633 Topic Canada authors Publishing dime novels
Bold, Rudolph (1980) Trash in the Library Library Journal 105.10:1138-1139 Topic readers trash/literary and or intellectual quality Harlequin Mills & Boon
Bonciarelli, Sarah (2012) Reading women’s fiction. Liala’s novels between uniqueness and standardization Álabe: Revista de Investigación sobre Lectura y Escritura 5: DOI: 10.15645/Alabe.2012.5.7 Topic Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi Publishing
Bonelli, María Valentina (2012) La virgen desollada: la perdida de la virginidad en las novelas de Corín Tellado durante el franquismo Gramma 1.4: Topic Corín Tellado sex/sexuality virginity
Boni, Tanella (2003) L’éducation sentimentale selon Adoras Notre Librairie: Revue des Litteratures du Sud 151:26-31 Topic Africa
Bontly, Susan W. Sheridan, Carol J. (1996) Enchanted Journeys Beyond the Imagination: An Annotated Bibliography of Fantasy, Futuristic, Supernatural, and Time Travel Romances Beavercreek, Ohio: Blue Diamond Publications Topic paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance
Booth, Sandra Marie (1996) Remaking the "Angel" and "Monster": ethical shifts in the contemporary popular romance MA, Laurentian University Topic feminism paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance 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 Topic paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance rom-com romance gender rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb Mallory Rush Maggie Shayne Rebecca Flanders Jennifer Crusie feminism Beverly Sommers
Booth, Naomi (2015) "Good Vibrations: Shaken Subjects and the Disintegrative Romance Heroine " Women and Erotic Fiction: Critical Essays on Genres, Markets & Readers 99-116 Topic Samuel Richardson Thomas Hardy Bram Stoker Fifty Shades food, drink BDSM
Bordoni, Carlo (1984) Il romanzo senza qualità: sociologia del nuovo rosa Naples: Edizioni Libreria Sapere Topic sociology
Borgia, Danielle N. (2014) Twilight: The Glamorization of Abuse, Codependency, and White Privilege The Journal of Popular Culture 47.1:153-173 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00872.x Topic paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance Twilight gender rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse race/ethnicity religion/spirituality
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
Botts, Amber (1999) "Cavewoman Impulses: The Jungian Shadow Archetype in Popular Romantic Fiction " Romantic Conventions 62-74 Topic gender feminism psychology sex/sexuality emotions readers
Bouchard, Pierrette (1980) Les romans Harlequin et Cie : plus que du rêve Des luttes et des rires de femmes 4.2:41-43 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon feminism
Boulet, Yvan (1983) Ces petits romans si agréables à lire Études littéraires 16.3:363–378 DOI: 10.7202/500621ar Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon Anne Mather linguistics trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Bouricius, Ann (2000) The Romance Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Love in the Stacks Chicago: American Library Association Topic libraries/librarians genre definitions
Boussahba-Bravard, Myriam (2021) Le roman sentimental Regency, entre continuités et ruptures (2000-2020) Le Temps des médias 2021/2 (n° 37):164-182 DOI: 10.3917/tdm.037.0164 Topic historical romance
Bowman, Barbara (1983) "Victoria Holt's Gothic Romances: A Structuralist Inquiry " The Female Gothic 69-81 Topic Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert gothic romance
Bowring, Joanna O’Brien, Margaret (2008) The Art of Romance: Mills & Boon and Harlequin Cover Designs Munich: Prestel Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon paratext
Brackett, Kim Pettigrew (2000) Facework Strategies Among Romance Fiction Readers The Social Science Journal 37.3:347-360 DOI: 10.1016/S0362-3319(00)00073-2 Topic psychology readers paratext
Bradford, Robin (2023) The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Romance : ALA Editions Topic libraries/librarians
Bradford, Clare (2013) "Monsters: Monstrous Identities in Young Adult Romance " (Re)Imagining the World: Children’s Literature’s Response to Changing Times 115-125 Topic YA/teenage romance paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance race/ethnicity family
Breeden, Amanda L. (2007) Neo romance: gender renegotiation in Harlequin romance novels MA thesis, University of Northern Iowa Topic gender Harlequin Mills & Boon
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 marriage Indonesia Islam Muslim romance
Breslin, Carol Ann (1999) "Medieval Magic and Witchcraft in the Popular Romance Novel " Romantic Conventions 75-85 Topic religion/spirituality historical romance history Jude Deveraux Elizabeth Lowell Arnette Lamb
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 Topic YA/teenage romance Suzanne Collins war/armed forces family gender feminism
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 Publishing Italy Harlequin Mills & Boon
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: Topic BDSM LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors Patrick Califia
Brooks, Ann (2022) The Routledge Companion to Romantic Love New York and Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge Topic love
Brouillette, Sarah (2019) Romance Work Theory & Event 22.2:451-464 Topic Publishing readers capitalism/business
Browder, Laura (2006) Dystopian Romance: True Crime and the Female Reader The Journal of Popular Culture 39.6:928-953 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2006.00328.x Topic rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Brown, Sonya C. (2011) Does This Book Make Me Look Fat? Journal of Popular Romance Studies 1.2: Topic readers health/medical fashion/clothing food, drink Susan Donovan Cathie Linz Eloisa James paratext Jennifer Crusie fat, fatness
Brown, Lisa L. (1990) Recovering the reader: literary theory, mass culture, and the modern romance Masters, University of Calgary Topic readers
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 African American romance historical romance race/ethnicity romantic suspense history
Brown, Fahamisha Patricia (2008) Beverly Jenkins Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice 2.2/3:1-6 Topic Beverly Jenkins historical romance African American romance history romantic suspense race/ethnicity
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 LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors paratext Katherine V. Forrest Diana Simmonds Marianne K. Martin Karin Kallmaker sex/sexuality
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
Brunet, Peyton Davis, Blair (2022) Comic Book Women: Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age Austin: University of Texas Press Topic comics/manga African American romance LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors
Bruni, Domenica () Love, sex, and language: Gender differences in sexual fantasizing and evolutionary evidence from storytelling Protosociology : Topic 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 Barbara Cartland social/economic class gender religion/spirituality Ethel M. Dell Elinor Glyn virginity
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 Topic readers United States of America
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 United States of America trash/literary and or intellectual quality
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 DOI: 10.1080/02690059308574297 Topic Valerie Belgrave race/ethnicity
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 Harlequin Mills & Boon social/economic class gender rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Valerie Belgrave race/ethnicity settings community sex/sexuality
Bryce, Jane (1997) "Women & Modern African Popular Fiction " Readings in African Popular Culture 118-125 Topic Africa trash/literary and or intellectual quality sex/sexuality gender religion/spirituality
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 libraries/librarians
Buchanan, Nancy L. (1993) Selection Tools for Popular Romances The Acquisitions Librarian 4.8:99-113 Topic libraries/librarians
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 readers psychology
Burg, Jacob (2020) Houses of Genre Fiction: The Shared Estrangement of Postwar American Culture PhD, Brandeis University Topic settings Kathleen Woodiwiss Helen Hoang rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse social/economic class Danielle Steel work family sex/sexuality disability
Burge, Amy (2012) Desiring the east: a comparative study of Middle English romance and modern popular sheikh romance PhD, University of York Topic sheikh romance war/armed forces religion/spirituality race/ethnicity gender fashion/clothing
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 history Harlequin Mills & Boon paratext social/economic class religion/spirituality food, drink fashion/clothing sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse war/armed forces gender
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 DOI: 10.1386/jepc.5.2.89_1 Topic sheikh romance Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) gender Harlequin Mills & Boon settings fashion/clothing
Burge, Amy (2016) Representing Difference in the Medieval and Modern Orientalist Romance Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) sheikh romance history gender race/ethnicity sex/sexuality settings UK fashion/clothing Harlequin Mills & Boon virginity rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
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 sex/sexuality history Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) sheikh romance gender Harlequin Mills & Boon virginity
Burge, Amy (2020) Introduction to the special issue on The Sheik Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: Topic sheikh romance E. M. Hull
Burge, Amy Robinson, Rachel (2020) Review essay on The Sheik Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: Topic E. M. Hull sheikh romance 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 social/economic class wealth/prosperity gender work race/ethnicity capitalism/business
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 Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Karen Marie Moning Lynsay Sands settings
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 chick lit race/ethnicity Islam Rajaa Alsanea Ameera Al Hakawati Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates sheikh romance
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 United States of America Philippines Vietnam marriage metaphor/symbolism
Burge, Amy (2024) A decolonised alpha hero? Negotiating masculinities in Nigerian romance novels Journal of Popular Romance Studies 12:FORTHCOMING Topic Nigeria Africa gender
Burge, Amy McAlister, Jodi Ireland, Charlotte (2024) “Prince Charming with an Erection”: The Sensational Pleasures of the Bonkbuster Contemporary Women's Writing ONLINE FIRST:ONLINE FIRST DOI: 10.1093/cww/vpae002 Topic bonkbuster Jilly Cooper Jackie Collins Shirley Conran Judith Krantz
Burke, Nicola (2020) Mills and Fur: Feminism and Femininity in the Supernatural Romance PhD, Western Sydney University Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) fairytales/folktales YA/teenage romance paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance sex/sexuality animals food, drink gender Jackson Pearce Ivy Devlin 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 race/ethnicity B. J. James Native American romance Dara Joy Sandra Kitt science fiction/futuristic romance African American romance
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 Harlequin Mills & Boon race/ethnicity B. J. James Scotland gender United States of America
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 sex/sexuality readers Karen Robards Kristin Hannah virginity BDSM LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors
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 DOI: 10.1080/0740770X.2013.827374 Topic readers
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 readers psychology
Burnside, Mary Elizabeth (1996) The novels of Mills and Boon in the post-war period M.Phil, University of Hull Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon
Burrows, J. F. (1987) Computation Into Criticism: A Study of Jane Austen's Novels and an Experiment in Method : Clarendon Press Topic linguistics Jane Austen Georgette Heyer
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 49.9:1408-1420 DOI: 10.1177/01461672221106059 Topic psychology readers trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Byatt, A. S. (1969) "An Honourable Escape: Georgette Heyer " Passions of the Mind: Selected Writings Topic Georgette Heyer A. S. Byatt Baroness Orczy Jane Austen social/economic class fashion/clothing history
Bywaters, Barbara Lee (1989) 'Re-reading Jane': Jane Austen's legacy to twentieth-century women writers PhD, Bowling Green State University Topic Jane Austen Georgette Heyer
Bywaters, Barbara (2001) "Decentering the Romance: Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, and Popular Romance Fiction " Georgette Heyer: A Critical Retrospective 493-508 Topic Jane Austen Georgette Heyer
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 DOI: 10.1007/s12119-012-9147-0 Topic sex/sexuality psychology
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 DOI: 10.3406/prati.1986.1390 Topic France Publishing teaching romance
Cadogan, Mary (1994) And Then Their Hearts Stood Still: An Exuberant Look at Romantic Fiction Past and Present London: Macmillan Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Mary Stewart M. M. Kaye Charlotte M. Yonge Augusta Jane Evans Rhoda Broughton Marie Corelli Florence Barclay Annie S. Swan Barbara Cartland Judith McNaught Mary Webb Ouida Rita, pen name of Mrs. Eliza Margaret Humphreys Elinor Glyn Ethel M. Dell romances in magazines and newspapers Charlotte Brontë war/armed forces disability Daphne du Maurier Colleen McCullough E. M. Hull Violet Winspear Flora Annie Steel Berta Ruck Georgette Heyer Jane Aiken Hodge Sylvia Andrews Anthony Hope Baroness Orczy Margaret Mitchell Mabel Barnes Grundy Ruby M. Ayres Denise Robins Maysie Greig Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay Radclyffe Hall Janet Dailey Lucilla Andrews Jane Arbor Caroline Anderson
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) Harlequin Mills & Boon Delly Max du Veuzit Magali, pen name of Jeanne Philbert Barbara Cartland
Calhoun-French, Diane M. (1987) ""New" Women in Old Stories: Silhouette "Intimate Moments" " Heroines of Popular Culture 114-119 Topic work
Calhoun-French, Diane M. (1999) "Time-Travel and Related Phenomena in Contemporary Popular Romance Fiction " Romantic Conventions 100-112 Topic paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance gender historical romance Constance O'Day Flannery Jo Ann Simon Heather Graham religion/spirituality sex/sexuality Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
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 romantic suspense
Cameron, Lauren (2020) The Romance Publishing Industry and Its Reputation Publishing Research Quarterly 36:1–16 DOI: 10.1007/s12109-019-09703-2 Topic trash/literary and or intellectual quality gender feminism readers authors
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 gothic romance
Cannon, Emanni N (2022) Contemporary Romance and the Question of Literary Value Master of Arts in English Literature, San Francisco State University Topic trash/literary and or intellectual quality Jane Austen Georgette Heyer 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 gender sex/sexuality
Cantor, Muriel G. (1989) "Writing Fiction as Women's Work " Communications at the Crossroads: The Gender Gap Connection 92-105 Topic authors Publishing feminism sociology
Capelle, Annick (1996) "Harlequin Romances in Western Europe: The Cultural Interactions of Romantic Literature " European Readings of American Popular Culture 91-100 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon
Capps, Stephanie Carol (2017) What You Read and What You Believe: Genre Exposure and Beliefs about Relationships Master of Science, University of Oklahoma Topic readers gender sex/sexuality psychology love
Carlos, Giovana Santana (2019) Fandom e mercado literário: um mapa das mediações das fãs de romance no contexto brasileiro PhD, Unisinos Topic readers Brazil Publishing
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 readers paratext
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 historical romance libraries/librarians
Carmichael, Lynne (1988) Romantic fiction: a neglected area of research Australasian public libraries and information services (APLIS) 1.2:123-129 Topic libraries/librarians romance scholarship
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 YA/teenage romance libraries/librarians genre definitions contemporary romance paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance romantic suspense Christian romance
Carpan, Carolyn (2009) Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths: Girls' Series Books in America Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press Topic YA/teenage romance
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 DOI: 10.1353/phl.1994.0054 Topic philosophy trash/literary and or intellectual quality 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 YA/teenage romance Betty Cavanna Rosamond du Jardin Mary Stolz
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 LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors sex/sexuality love
Carter, Ellen (2022) "Eating Disorders and Romance " New Frontiers in Popular Romance: Essays on the Genre in the 21st Century 136-149 Topic food, drink health/medical Jenny B. Jones Courtney Milan M. B. Mulhall Janette Kenny Katherine Locke
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 LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors gender linguistics
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 DOI: 10.1353/saf.2008.0002 Topic Kathleen Thompson Norris Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) marriage work social/economic class capitalism/business virginity gender
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 Alisa Klever/Tatiana Vedenska Fifty Shades BDSM national identity romantic suspense rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse sex/sexuality
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 rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Rosemary Rogers paratext historical romance feminism sex/sexuality gender
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 E. M. Hull United States of America UK race/ethnicity settings gender history rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Cawelti, John G. (1976) Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture Chicago: University of Chicago Press Topic genre definitions trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Cawelti, John (1978) Romance: The Once and Future Queen The Wilson Quarterly 2.3:102-109 Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) gothic romance Harlequin Mills & Boon 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 gender history United States of America Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Laura Jean Libbey sex/sexuality work fashion/clothing social/economic class 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
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 Harlequin Mills & Boon Sandra Marton Riya Lakhani Tessa Radley gender feminism
Chandra, Elizabeth (2015) Blossoming Dahlia: Chinese Women Novelists in Colonial Indonesia Southeast Asian Studies 4.3:533-564 Topic Indonesia Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) marriage gender history family race/ethnicity
Chaplin, Sue (2019) ‘Daddy, I’m falling for a monster’: Women, Sex, and Sacrifice in Contemporary Paranormal Romance Gothic Studies 21.1:10-27 DOI: 10.3366/gothic.2019.0004 Topic paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance Twilight J. R. Ward Lara Adrian family gender sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors
Chappel, Deborah K. (1991) American romances: narratives of culture and identity PhD, Duke University Topic Jude Deveraux LaVyrle Spencer Janet Dailey Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) 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 LaVyrle Spencer feminism food, drink sex/sexuality LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors
Charles, John Mosley, Shelley Bouricius, Ann (1999) Romancing the YA Reader Voice of Youth Advocates 21.6:414-419 Topic libraries/librarians
Charles, John Mosley, Shelley (2002) Getting Serious about Romance: Adult Series Romances for Teens Voice of Youth Advocates 25.2:87-93 Topic libraries/librarians Harlequin Mills & Boon
Charles, John Linz, Cathie (2005) Romancing Your Readers: How Public Libraries Can Become More Romance Reader Friendly Public Libraries 44.1:43–48 Topic libraries/librarians emotions paratext
Charles, John Mosley, Shelley (2007) Romance Today: An A-to-Z Guide to Contemporary American Romance Writers Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishers Topic Shana Abé Cherry Adair Catherine Anderson Judith Arnold Adele Ashworth Patti Berg Elizabeth Bevarly Rosanne Bittner Stephanie Bond Elizabeth Boyle Pamela Britton Suzanne Brockmann Connie Brockway Lisa Cach Laurie Schnebly Campbell Susannah Carleton Liz Carlyle Emily Carmichael Maureen Child Jennifer Crusie Claudia Dain Geralyn Dawson Eileen Dreyer/Kathleen Korbel Alice Duncan Elisabeth Fairchild Diane Farr Colleen Faulkner Jo Ann Ferguson Christine Flynn Gaelen Foley Gwynne Forster Lori Foster Roz Denny Fox Barbara Freethy Judith E. French Patricia Gaffney Lisa Gardner Roberta Gellis Tess Gerritsen Rachel Gibson Elizabeth Grayson Jennifer Greene/Jeanne Grant/Jessica Massey/Alison Hart Leigh Greenwood Shirley Hailstock Robin Lee Hatcher Lorraine Heath Candice Hern Sandra Hill Vicki Hinze Kate Huntington Eloisa James Susan Johnson Nicole Jordan Julie Kenner Lynn Kerstan April Kihlstrom Sandra Kitt Patricia Knoll Betina Krahn Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Susan Krinard Leslie LaFoy Jill Marie Landis Cathie Linz Merline Lovelace Katie MacAlister Debbie Macomber Annette Mahon Sandra Marton Amanda McCabe Judi McCoy May McGoldrick Teresa Medeiros Linda Lael Miller Mary Alice Monroe Brenda Novak Janeen O'Kerry Kayla Perrin Carly Phillips Susan Elizabeth Phillips Lisa Plumley Mary Jo Putney Tara Taylor Quinn Francis Ray Jaclyn Reding Emilie Richards Evelyn Richardson Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb Lauren Royal Ruth Wind/Barbara Samuel/Barbara O'Neal Regina Scott Kathryn Shay Christina Skye Bertrice Small Tina St. John Deb Stover Sharon Swann Vicki Lewis Thompson Jane Toombs Pat Warren Sherri WhiteFeather Susan Wiggs Rebecca York
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 libraries/librarians trash/literary and or intellectual quality sex/sexuality fashion/clothing
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 DOI: 10.5860/rusq.55n1.21 Topic war/armed forces libraries/librarians gender romantic suspense
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 DOI: 10.5860/rusq.57.4.6704 Topic family
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 readers emotions feminism psychology
Chen, Eva (2019) “The Hate that Changed”: Cycling Romance and the Aestheticization of Women Cyclists Victorian Periodicals Review 52.3:489-517 DOI: 10.1353/vpr.2019.0032 Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) 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 Harlequin Mills & Boon
Chess, Shira (2014) Strange Bedfellows: Subjectivity, Romance, and Hidden Object Video Games Games and Culture 9.6:417-428 DOI: 10.1177/1555412014544904 Topic computer/video/digital games Harlequin Mills & Boon 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 DOI: 10.3828/jlcds.2013.3 Topic disability sex/sexuality Mary Balogh historical romance family
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 disability sex/sexuality Mary Balogh historical romance
Cheyne, Ria (2018) "Disability in Genre Fiction " The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability 185-198 DOI:10.1017/9781316104316.014 Topic disability sex/sexuality Fay Robinson/Carmel Parsons Thomaston
Cheyne, Ria (2019) Disability, Literature, Genre: Representation and Affect in Contemporary Fiction Liverpool: Liverpool University Press Topic disability emotions Julia Quinn family Barbara McMahon Christina Dodd Barbara Delinsky Mary Balogh
Chivers, Marian (2014) The Warrior Woman in Contemporary Romance Fiction Masters, Federation University Australia Topic war/armed forces Harlequin Mills & Boon gender feminism paratext work romantic suspense Justine Davis/Justine Dare Amy J. Fetzer Katherine Garbera Meredith Fletcher Catherine Mann Debra Webb community
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 DOI: 10.1386/ajpc.3.3.335_1 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon romantic suspense war/armed forces gender
Chopra, Radhika (1995) "Wanted Men: Imaging the Hero in Popular Romantic Fiction " Perspectives on Women: Canada and India ?? Topic gender
Chopra, Radhika (1998) Whose Face Do I See?: Anonymity and Authorship in Popular Romances Indian Journal of Gender Studies 5.2:185-200 DOI: 10.1177/097152159800500202 Topic 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 DOI: 10.1080/014177899339063 Topic sex/sexuality E. M. Hull health/medical history fashion/clothing
Choyke, Kelly L. (2019) The Power of Popular Romance Culture: Community, Fandom, and Sexual Politics PhD, Ohio University Topic feminism community readers
Christian, Linda Kathryn (1984) Becoming a Woman through Romance: Adolescent Novels and the Ideology of Femininity PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison Topic YA/teenage romance gender
Christian-Smith, Linda K. (1987) Gender, Popular Culture, and Curriculum - Adolescent Romance Novels as Gender Text Curriculum Inquiry 17.4:365-406 DOI: 10.1080/03626784.1987.11075300 Topic YA/teenage romance gender
Christian-Smith, Linda K. (1988) Girl's Romance Novel Reading and What to Do about It New Advocate 1.3:177-185 Topic readers
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 Topic YA/teenage romance
Christian-Smith, Linda K. (1990) Becoming a Woman Through Romance London: Routledge Topic YA/teenage romance feminism Publishing United States of America gender social/economic class readers race/ethnicity
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 Topic YA/teenage romance gender
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 Topic YA/teenage romance social/economic class race/ethnicity gender United States of America readers work Publishing
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 YA/teenage romance sex/sexuality
Christopherson, Neal (1999) Accommodation and Resistance in Religious Fiction: Family Structures and Gender Roles Sociology of Religion 60.4:439–455 DOI: 10.2307/3712025 Topic Christian romance YA/teenage romance gender sociology family work
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 Topic readers feminism sex/sexuality trash/literary and or intellectual quality teaching romance Harlequin Mills & Boon rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse race/ethnicity capitalism/business
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 gender love YA/teenage romance
Clawson, Laura (1998) Covering genres: romance, science-fiction/fantasy, pleasure, and respectability B.A. Honors, Wesleyan University Topic trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Clawson, Laura (2005) Cowboys and Schoolteachers: Gender in Romance Novels, Secular and Christian Sociological Perspectives 48.4:461-479 DOI: 10.1525/sop.2005.48.4.461 Topic Christian romance family gender United States of America work sex/sexuality religion/spirituality 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 Georgette Heyer Jane Austen emotions gender social/economic class
Close, Lisa (2008) Functional analysis of the contemporary folkloric vampire MA thesis, Brigham Young University Topic Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb
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 trash/literary and or intellectual quality feminism Barbara McMahon Ruth Wind/Barbara Samuel/Barbara O'Neal gender 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 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1977.00581.x Topic Mary Roberts Rinehart work marriage 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) wealth/prosperity capitalism/business gender marriage Jane Austen Charlotte Brontë May Agnes Fleming Harlequin Mills & Boon
Cole, Elizabeth (2020) Authors on The Sheik: A conversation with Liz Fielding Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: Topic Liz Fielding sheikh romance E. M. Hull
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 DOI: 10.1007/BF01541647 Topic readers erotic romance sex/sexuality pornography
Colmenero, Laura E. (1999) The social construction of gender as represented in popular fiction, 1990-1997 PhD, South Dakota State University Topic Johanna Lindsey gender
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 Delly religion/spirituality sex/sexuality Christian romance
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 Delly
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 Delly religion/spirituality sex/sexuality
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 Delly religion/spirituality
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 trash/literary and or intellectual quality
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 Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Publishing France
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 France Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Publishing
Constans, Ellen (2009) Images de la femme dans le roman sentimental Belphégor 8.2: Topic love Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) gender marriage Delly religion/spirituality Georges Ohnet Christian romance
Constans, Ellen (2009) La censure du roman sentimental en France ou le refoulement des mauvais genres Belphégor 8.2: Topic trash/literary and or intellectual quality Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) France readers religion/spirituality Christian romance love history feminism romance scholarship
Constans, Ellen (2009) Roman sentimental, roman d'amour: Amour ... toujours Belphégor 8.2: Topic genre definitions
Constans, Ellen (2011) "Le premier Delly ou comment l’idéologie subvertit le récit amoureux " L’Œuvre de Delly 45-81 Topic Delly
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 settings United States of America rural romance Tami Hoag LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors work community animals
Cook, Jon (1988) "Fictional Fathers " Sweet Dreams: Sexuality, Gender and Popular Fiction 137-164 Topic psychology Harlequin Mills & Boon gender sex/sexuality 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 DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2012.691416 Topic YA/teenage romance LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors
Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth (1996) American Indian Intellectualism and the New Indian Story American Indian Quarterly 20.1:57-76 DOI: 10.2307/1184942 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 Harlequin Mills & Boon linguistics paratext gender
Coquillat, Michelle (1988) Romans d’amour Paris: Éditions Odile Jacob Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon France Delly gender
Corbin, Joanie (2007) Lady Guimauve ou la (re)fabrication de l’auteur populaire Communication, lettres et sciences du langage 1.1:5-14 Topic Barbara Cartland
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 YA/teenage romance gender
Cordell, Sigrid (2013) Loving in Plain Sight: Amish Romance Novels as Evangelical Gothic Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies 1.2:1-16 DOI: 10.18061/1811/57706 Topic Beverly Lewis Christian romance religion/spirituality gothic romance
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 DOI: 10.26754/ojs_tropelias/tropelias.201523993 Topic Spain fascism/right-wing authoritarianism Christian romance France translation history Publishing Delly 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 DOI: 10.2307/3684531 Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Publishing Spain translation Berta Ruck Hedwig Courths-Mahler Florence Barclay Grace Livingston Hill Rafael Pérez y Pérez religion/spirituality Christian romance marriage social/economic class
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 Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) 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 linguistics trash/literary and or intellectual quality
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 Africa 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 gender feminism psychology
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 DOI: 10.1037/h0099308 Topic evolutionary psychology Harlequin Mills & Boon work family social/economic class
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 Harlequin Mills & Boon
Crane, Ralph Fletcher, Lisa (2016) The Genre of Islands: Popular Fiction and Performative Geographies Island Studies Journal 11.2:637-650 Topic islands settings rural romance
Crane, Ralph Fletcher, Lisa (2017) Island Genres, Genre Islands: Conceptualisation and Representation in Popular Fiction London: Rowman & Littlefield Topic islands settings Margaret Evans Porter Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb
Crane, Megan (2015) Stacy Holden’s ‘Love in the Desert’: An Author’s Response Journal of Popular Romance Studies 5.1: Topic sheikh romance race/ethnicity Scotland Greece gender Harlequin Mills & Boon