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Bruni, Domenica Love, sex, and language: Gender differences in sexual fantasizing and evolutionary evidence from storytelling evolutionary psychology
Rabinowitz, Paula Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature
Hofstadter, Beatrice K. Popular Culture and the Romantic Heroine 1960 Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined), Susan Warner, Augusta Jane Evans, E. P. Roe, Winston Churchill, E. M. Hull
Banti, Anna Storia e ragioni del romanzo rosa 1961 Italy
Banti, Anna Opinioni 1961
Forte, Gioacchino I persuasori rosa: sociologia curiosa del rotocalco femminile in Italia 1966 Italy, romances in magazines and newspapers, sociology
Sichelschmidt, Gustav Hedwig Courths-Mahler. Deutschlands erfolgreichste Autorin. Eine literatursoziologische Studie 1967 Hedwig Courths-Mahler
Amorós, Andrés Sociología de una novela rosa 1968 Spain, Corín Tellado, sociology
Byatt, A. S. An Honourable Escape: Georgette Heyer 1969 Georgette Heyer, A. S. Byatt, Baroness Orczy, Jane Austen, social/economic class, fashion/clothing, history
Mann, Peter H. The Romantic Novel: A Survey of Reading Habits 1969 Harlequin Mills & Boon, readers
Greer, Germaine The Female Eunuch 1970 fashion/clothing, romances in magazines and newspapers, Georgette Heyer, Barbara Cartland, Lucy Walker, sex/sexuality
Díez Borque, José María Literatura y cultura de masas: Estudio de la novela subliteraria 1972 Corín Tellado, Spain, gender, social/economic class, linguistics
Moore, Maureen Romantic love, ecstasy, and deprivation 1973 love, gender, Harlequin Mills & Boon, Violet Winspear, Isobel Chace, pornography, BDSM, religion/spirituality
Imperialismo y medios masivos de comunicación 1973
Mussell, Kay Johnson The World of Modern Gothic Fiction: American Women and Their Social Myths 1973 gothic romance
Erhart, Virginia Amor, ideología y enmascaramiento en Corín Tellado 1973 Corín Tellado
Russ, Joanna Somebody's Trying to Kill Me and I Think It's My Husband: The Modern Gothic 1973 gothic romance, genre definitions, settings, Phyllis A. Whitney, Margaret Summerton, Helen Arvonen, Susan Howatch, Anne Maybury, Dorothy Eden, food, drink, fashion/clothing, sex/sexuality, gender
Mann, Peter H. A New Survey: The Facts About Romantic Fiction 1974 Harlequin Mills & Boon, readers
Erhart, Virginia Amor, ideología y enmascaramiento en Corín Tellado 1974 Corín Tellado
Cecil, Mirabel Heroines in Love 1750-1974 1974 romances in magazines and newspapers, Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Acosta, Leonardo Penetración cultural imperialista en América Latina: comics y revistas femeninas 1974
Gardiner, Edmond F. Annie S. Swan—forerunner of modern popular fiction 1974 Annie S. Swan
Anderson, Rachel The Purple Heart Throbs: The Sub-Literature of Love 1974 Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined), trash/literary and or intellectual quality, religion/spirituality, Charlotte M. Yonge, Christian romance, Ruth Lamb, Rhoda Broughton, Rita, pen name of Mrs. Eliza Margaret Humphreys, Ouida, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Effie Adelaide Rowlands, also known as Madame Albanesi, Margaret Baillie-Saunders, Evelyn Everett-Green, Elinor Glyn, Florence Barclay, Ethel M. Dell, Marie Corelli, Berta Ruck, Kathlyn Rhodes, Robert Hitchens, E. M. Hull, sheikh romance, Elizabeth Hoy, Violet Winspear, Jennifer Ames, Ruby M. Ayres, Netta Muskett, Annie S. Swan, Margaret Pedler, Maysie Greig, Gilbert Frankau, Joan Butler, pen name of R. W. Alexander, Denise Robins, Ursula Bloom, Sophie Cole, medical romance, Lucilla Andrews, Kate Norway/Olive Norton, Julia Davis, settings, food, drink, fashion/clothing
Brodbeck, Liselotte Roman als Ware: Zur Analyse der Liebesromanhefte 1974 Germany
Erhart, Virginia Corín Tellado: la Cenicienta en la sociedad de consumo 1974 Corín Tellado, work, ageism, marriage
Cabrera Infante, Guillermo Una inocente pornógrafa. Manes y desmanes de Corín Tellado 1975 Corín Tellado
Cabrera Infante, Guillermo O 1975
Mussell, Kay J. Beautiful and Damned: The Sexual Woman in Gothic Fiction 1975 United States of America, sex/sexuality, gothic romance, gender, family
Erhart, Virginia Amor y consumo en las novelas de Corin Tellado 1976 Corín Tellado
Cawelti, John G. Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture 1976 genre definitions, trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Hubert, Karen M. Teaching and Writing Popular Fiction: Horror, Adventure, Mystery and Romance in the American Classroom 1976 teaching romance
Spinazzola, Vittorio Pubblico 1977 1977
Spinazzola, Vittorio Qualche ipotesi sulla narrativa “rosa”. Conversazione con Brunella Gasperini 1977 Brunella Gasperini
Sughi, Laura Evasione e conformismo nella narrativa rosa 1977 Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi
Cohn, Jan The Romances of Mary Roberts Rinehart: Some Problems in the Study of Popular Culture 1977 Mary Roberts Rinehart, work, marriage, Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Ruggiero, Josephine A.; Weston, Louise C. Sex-Role Characterization of Women in "Modern Gothic Novels" 1977 gender, gothic romance, feminism, Mary Stewart, Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert, Phyllis A. Whitney, Jane Blackmore, Dorothy Eden, Susan Howatch, Anne Maybury, social/economic class, work, readers
Ruggiero, Josephine A.; Weston, Louise C. Sex-Role Characterization of Women in "Modern Gothic Novels" 1977 gender, gothic romance, feminism, Mary Stewart, Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert, Phyllis A. Whitney, Jane Blackmore, Dorothy Eden, Susan Howatch, Anne Maybury, social/economic class, work, readers
Weibel, Kathryn Mirror Mirror: Images of Women Reflected in Popular Culture 1977 Harlequin Mills & Boon, gothic romance
Robinson, Lillian S. Sex, Class, and Culture 1978 historical romance, history, Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, fashion/clothing, sex/sexuality, social/economic class, gender, trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Curiel, Fernando Fotonovela rosa, fotonovela roja 1978 Mexico, fotonovela
Cawelti, John Romance: The Once and Future Queen 1978 Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined), gothic romance, Harlequin Mills & Boon, Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay, Phyllis A. Whitney
Weston, Louise C.; Ruggiero, Josephine A. Male-Female Relationships in Best-Selling "Modern Gothic" Novels 1978 gothic romance, romantic suspense, gender, Mary Stewart, Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert, Phyllis A. Whitney, Jane Blackmore, Dorothy Eden, Susan Howatch, Anne Maybury
Weston, Louise C.; Ruggiero, Josephine A. Male-Female Relationships in Best-Selling "Modern Gothic" Novels 1978 gothic romance, romantic suspense, gender, Mary Stewart, Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert, Phyllis A. Whitney, Jane Blackmore, Dorothy Eden, Susan Howatch, Anne Maybury
Killing, Peter Harlequin Enterprises Limited: Case Material of the Western School of Business Administration 1978 Publishing
Flora, Cornelia Butler; Flora, Jan L. The Fotonovela As a Tool for Class and Cultural Domination 1978 Latin America, Mexico, Brazil, Corín Tellado, sociology, capitalism/business, social/economic class, wealth/prosperity, fotonovela
Flora, Cornelia Butler; Flora, Jan L. The Fotonovela As a Tool for Class and Cultural Domination 1978 Latin America, Mexico, Brazil, Corín Tellado, sociology, capitalism/business, social/economic class, wealth/prosperity, fotonovela
Eco, Umberto; Federzoni, Marina; Pezzini, Isabella; Pozzato, Maria Pia Carolina Invernizio, Matilde Serao, Liala 1979 Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi
Abartis, Caesarea The Ugly-Pretty, Dull-Bright, Weak-Strong Girl in the Gothic Mansion 1979 gothic romance, Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined), Charlotte Brontë, Daphne du Maurier, Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert, Claudette Nicole
Eco, Umberto; Federzoni, Marina; Pezzini, Isabella; Pozzato, Maria Pia Carolina Invernizio, Matilde Serao, Liala 1979 Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi
Snitow, Ann Barr Mass Market Romance: Pornography for Women is Different 1979 Harlequin Mills & Boon, readers, gender, virginity, fashion/clothing, food, drink, sex/sexuality, religion/spirituality, settings, work, pornography, Anne Mather
Fischer, Heinz-Dietrich; Melnik, Stefan Reinhard Entertainment: A Cross-Cultural Examination 1979
Fischer, Heinz-Dietrich; Melnik, Stefan Reinhard Entertainment: A Cross-Cultural Examination 1979
Barrett, Caroline La femme et la société dans la littérature sentimentale populaire québécoise, 1940-1960 1979 Canada
Fowler, Bridget "True to Me Always": An Analysis of Women's Magazine Fiction 1979 romances in magazines and newspapers, social/economic class, readers, Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined), marriage, work, wealth/prosperity, gender, medical romance, settings, rural romance
O'Toole, Patricia Paperback Virgins 1979 Barbara Cartland, Janet Dailey, virginity, feminism
Eco, Umberto; Federzoni, Marina; Pezzini, Isabella; Pozzato, Maria Pia Carolina Invernizio, Matilde Serao, Liala 1979 Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi
Eco, Umberto; Federzoni, Marina; Pezzini, Isabella; Pozzato, Maria Pia Carolina Invernizio, Matilde Serao, Liala 1979 Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi
Mann, Peter H. Romantic Fiction and Its Readers 1979 readers, Harlequin Mills & Boon, trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Hall, Stuart; Hobson, Dorothy; Lowe, Andrew; Willis, Paul Culture, Media, Language: Working Papers in Cultural Studies, 1972-79 1980
Modleski, Tania The Disappearing Act: A Study of Harlequin Romances 1980 Harlequin Mills & Boon, readers, psychology, gender
Douglas, Ann Soft-Porn Culture: Punishing the Liberated Woman 1980 BDSM, pornography, Harlequin Mills & Boon, feminism, virginity, readers, gender
Hall, Stuart; Hobson, Dorothy; Lowe, Andrew; Willis, Paul Culture, Media, Language: Working Papers in Cultural Studies, 1972-79 1980
Harrison, Rachel Women and Romantic Fiction: Subordination and Resistance 1980 readers
English Studies Group, 1978–9, The Recent Developments in English Studies at the Centre 1980 linguistics, Barbara Cartland, family, settings, social/economic class, gender, capitalism/business
Bold, Rudolph Trash in the Library 1980 readers, trash/literary and or intellectual quality, Harlequin Mills & Boon
Hassencahl, Fran Persecutors, Victims and Rescuers in Harlequin Romances 1980 Harlequin Mills & Boon, gender, psychology, work, fashion/clothing, sex/sexuality, family
Jensen, Margaret Ann Women and Romantic Fiction: A Case Study of Harlequin Enterprises, Romances, and Readers 1980 Harlequin Mills & Boon, readers, capitalism/business, social/economic class, work
Tatum, Charles Lágrimas, risas y amor: Mexico's Most Popular Romance Comic Book 1980 comics/manga, Mexico
Modleski, Tania Popular Feminine Narratives: A Study of Romances, Gothics, and Soap Operas 1980 Harlequin Mills & Boon, gothic romance, psychology
Bouchard, Pierrette Les romans Harlequin et Cie : plus que du rêve 1980 Harlequin Mills & Boon, feminism
Hall, Stuart; Hobson, Dorothy; Lowe, Andrew; Willis, Paul Culture, Media, Language: Working Papers in Cultural Studies, 1972-79 1980
Faust, Beatrice Women, Sex and Pornography 1980 rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse, pornography, sex/sexuality, Rosemary Rogers, Patricia Gallagher, Patricia Matthews, Harlequin Mills & Boon, feminism, gender
Hall, Stuart; Hobson, Dorothy; Lowe, Andrew; Willis, Paul Culture, Media, Language: Working Papers in Cultural Studies, 1972-79 1980
Swaffield, Audrey-Claire Paperbacks Promoting Passion! What Is Harlequin Really Presenting? 1981 Harlequin Mills & Boon
Mann, Peter H. The Romantic Novel and its Readers 1981 trash/literary and or intellectual quality, sex/sexuality, readers
Lazzarato, Francesca; Moretti, Valeria La fiaba rosa: itinerari di lettura attraverso i romanzi per signorine 1981 fairytales/folktales, Delly, Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi
McNeil, Helen She trembled at his touch 1981 Harlequin Mills & Boon, social/economic class
Lazzarato, Francesca; Moretti, Valeria La fiaba rosa: itinerari di lettura attraverso i romanzi per signorine 1981 fairytales/folktales, Delly, Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi
Hirschman, Elizabeth C.; Holbrook, Morris B. SV - Symbolic Consumer Behavior 1981
Radway, Janice The Utopian Impulse in Popular Literature: Gothic Romances and "Feminist" Protest 1981 gothic romance, readers, genre definitions, Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert, United States of America, gender, feminism, Kathleen Woodiwiss, sex/sexuality
Batsleer, Janet Pulp in the Pink 1981 trash/literary and or intellectual quality, feminism, capitalism/business, race/ethnicity, Barbara Cartland, social/economic class, gender
Mouritsen, Maren M. Ye Are Free to Choose: Agency and the Latter-Day Saint Woman 1981
Coste, Didier Installments of the Heart: Text Delimitation in Periodical Narrative and Its Consequences 1981 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
Patterson, Janet Consuming Passion 1981 Harlequin Mills & Boon, readers
Hirschman, Elizabeth C.; Holbrook, Morris B. SV - Symbolic Consumer Behavior 1981
Schiffman, Leon G.; Schnaars, Steven P. The Consumption of Historical Romance Novels: Consumer Aesthetics in Popular Literature 1981 historical romance, Publishing, readers
Schiffman, Leon G.; Schnaars, Steven P. The Consumption of Historical Romance Novels: Consumer Aesthetics in Popular Literature 1981 historical romance, Publishing, readers
Interracial Books for Children Bulletin, Romance Series for Young Readers: A Report to Educators and Parents in Concert with the National Education Association 1981 YA/teenage romance, trash/literary and or intellectual quality, gender, race/ethnicity, feminism, social/economic class, disability, work, readers, LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors, libraries/librarians, United States of America, Harlequin Mills & Boon, Publishing, family, fashion/clothing, teaching romance
Arnold, Marilyn Pornography, Romance, and the Paradox of Freedom 1981
Mussell, Kay Women’s Gothic and Romantic Fiction: A Reference Guide 1981 gothic romance, Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined), United States of America, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Augusta Jane Evans, E. D. E. N. Southworth, Margaret Mitchell, Daphne du Maurier, Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert, Mary Stewart, Phyllis A. Whitney, Rosemary Rogers, Harlequin Mills & Boon, Kathleen Thompson Norris, Grace Livingston Hill, film/movies, readers, romance scholarship
Hubbard, Rita Cooper Relationship Styles In Popular Romance Fiction: A Fantasy Theme Analysis Of Harlequin Romances, 1950-1979 1981 Harlequin Mills & Boon, gender, feminism
Anderson, Jennifer Mills and Boon: love and oppression 1981 Harlequin Mills & Boon
Kuznets, Lois; Zarin, Eve Sweet Dreams for Sleeping Beauties: Pre-Teen Romances 1982 YA/teenage romance, settings
Steiner, Peter; Červenka, Miroslav; Vroon, Ronald The Structure of the Literary Process Studies dedicated to the Memory of Felix Vodička 1982
Kuznets, Lois; Zarin, Eve Sweet Dreams for Sleeping Beauties: Pre-Teen Romances 1982 YA/teenage romance, settings
Steiner, Peter; Červenka, Miroslav; Vroon, Ronald The Structure of the Literary Process Studies dedicated to the Memory of Felix Vodička 1982
Steiner, Peter; Červenka, Miroslav; Vroon, Ronald The Structure of the Literary Process Studies dedicated to the Memory of Felix Vodička 1982
Fortunati, Vita; Franci, Giovanna 'Ma c'è sempre un arcobaleno': La 'romantic fiction' di Barbara Cartland 1982 Barbara Cartland
Fortunati, Vita; Franci, Giovanna 'Ma c'è sempre un arcobaleno': La 'romantic fiction' di Barbara Cartland 1982 Barbara Cartland
Mussell, Kay Preface 1982 gothic romance, United States of America, Publishing
Sama, Lisa Mary Love's Ardent Writer 1982 Barbara Delinsky
Reep, Diana The Rescue And Romance: Popular Novels Before World War I 1982 Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined), United States of America, gender, race/ethnicity, social/economic class
Provost, Sylvie Avez-vous déjà lu IXE-13, Albert Brien, Guy Verchères…? 1982 dime novels, Canada, readers, social/economic class
Margolies, David Mills & Boon: guilt without sex 1982 Harlequin Mills & Boon, work, gender, emotions, rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Bayer-Berenbaum, Linda The Gothic Imagination: Expansion in Gothic Literature and Art 1982 Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert, gothic romance
Pozzato, Maria Pia Il romanzo rosa 1982
Radway, Janice A. The Aesthetic in Mass Culture: Reading the "Popular" Literary Text 1982 gothic romance, Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert, fashion/clothing
Vinson, James; Kirkpatrick, D. L. Twentieth Century Romance and Gothic Writers 1982 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
Modleski, Tania Loving with a Vengeance: Mass‐Produced Fantasies for Women 1982 Harlequin Mills & Boon, gothic romance, gender, psychology, readers, rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Vinson, James; Kirkpatrick, D. L. Twentieth Century Romance and Gothic Writers 1982 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
Bédard-Cazabon, Hélène; Bettinotti, Julia; Provost, Christiane Harlequin: Quand l'amour est une guerre 1983 Harlequin Mills & Boon, Janet Dailey, Anne Hampson, Charlotte Lamb, Anne Mather, Violet Winspear, gender, love
Fleenor, Juliann E. The Female Gothic 1983
Browne, Ray B.; Fishwick, Marshall W. The Hero in Transition 1983
Browne, Ray B.; Fishwick, Marshall W. The Hero in Transition 1983
Radway, Janice A. Women Read the Romance: The Interaction of Text and Context 1983 readers, psychology, gender
Beauman, Nicola A Very Great Profession: The Woman’s Novel 1914-39 1983 Ruby M. Ayres, Ethel M. Dell, Elinor Glyn, E. M. Hull, history
Kaye, Marilyn Janice The nature of didacticism as related to romance and sexuality in young adult novels 1965-1978 1983 YA/teenage romance
Bowman, Barbara Victoria Holt's Gothic Romances: A Structuralist Inquiry 1983 Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert, gothic romance
Timson, Beth S. The Drug Store Novel: Popular Romantic Fiction and the Mainstream Tradition 1983 gothic romance, Jane Austen, Martha Finley, United States of America, gender
Veibæk, Eva Gift dig og bliv lykkelig: romantikkens kærlighedsmyte og triviallitteraturen 1983
Antonel, Emanuela Attraverso "il rosa" : un'avventura nel sentimento 1983
Boulet, Yvan Ces petits romans si agréables à lire 1983 Harlequin Mills & Boon, Anne Mather, linguistics, trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Hazen, Helen Endless Rapture: Rape, Romance, and the Female Imagination 1983 rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse, feminism, Lolah Burford
Greenwood, Alice Language Stereotypes in Mass Market Romances 1983 linguistics
Guiley, Rosemary Love Lines: The Romance Reader's Guide to Printed Pleasures 1983 Publishing, rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse, sex/sexuality, Roberta Gellis, Bertrice Small, Jude Deveraux, paratext
Azorín Fernández, María Dolores La obra novelística de Rafael Pérez y Pérez 1983 Rafael Pérez y Pérez
Ruggiero, Josephine A.; Weston, Louise C. Conflicting Images of Women in Romance Novels 1983 gothic romance, historical romance, gender, readers
Hey, Valerie The Necessity of Romance 1983
Mussell, Kay J. "But Why Do They Read Those Things?": The Female Audience and the Gothic Novel 1983 gothic romance, readers
Bédard-Cazabon, Hélène; Bettinotti, Julia; Provost, Christiane Harlequin: Quand l'amour est une guerre 1983 Harlequin Mills & Boon, Janet Dailey, Anne Hampson, Charlotte Lamb, Anne Mather, Violet Winspear, gender, love
Nobert, Margo Le titre comme séduction dans le roman Harlequin: une lecture sociosémiotique 1983 Harlequin Mills & Boon, paratext, linguistics, metaphor/symbolism, animals, settings, gender
Hubbard, Rita C. The Changing-Unchanging Heroines and Heroes of Harlequin Romances, 1950-1979 1983 Harlequin Mills & Boon, gender, authors, Elizabeth Hoy, Roumelia Lane, Elizabeth Hunter
Ruggiero, Josephine A.; Weston, Louise C. Conflicting Images of Women in Romance Novels 1983 gothic romance, historical romance, gender, readers
Bédard-Cazabon, Hélène; Bettinotti, Julia; Provost, Christiane Harlequin: Quand l'amour est une guerre 1983 Harlequin Mills & Boon, Janet Dailey, Anne Hampson, Charlotte Lamb, Anne Mather, Violet Winspear, gender, love
Marchand, Jacques Harlequin et Colombine : l’industrie plafonne, l’amour aussi 1983 Harlequin Mills & Boon, Publishing, settings, readers
Allen, Margaret; Blackburn, Jean; Johnson, Carol; King, Margaret; Mackinnon, Alison All Her Labours: Embroidering the Framework 1984
Light, Alison Returning to Manderley – Romance Fiction, Female Sexuality and Class 1984 Daphne du Maurier, readers, psychology, social/economic class, sex/sexuality, UK
Parrish, Berta; Atwood, Karen Enticing Readers: The Teen Romance Craze 1984 YA/teenage romance
Creed, Barbara The women's romance as sexual fantasy: 'Mills & Boon' 1984 Harlequin Mills & Boon
Toth, Emily Who'll Take Romance? 1984 feminism, rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse, Emily Toth
Allen, Margaret; Blackburn, Jean; Johnson, Carol; King, Margaret; Mackinnon, Alison All Her Labours: Embroidering the Framework 1984
Jensen, Margaret Ann Love's $weet Return: The Harlequin Story 1984 Harlequin Mills & Boon, metafiction, readers, Publishing, virginity, sex/sexuality, paratext, work, authors, gender, happy ending, settings, race/ethnicity, social/economic class, rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse, food, drink, fashion/clothing, love, marriage, feminism
Markert, John Beyond Gatekeepers: Romance Publishing and the Production of Culture 1984 Publishing
Parrish, Berta; Atwood, Karen Enticing Readers: The Teen Romance Craze 1984 YA/teenage romance
Mussell, Kay Fantasy and Reconciliation: Contemporary Formulas of Women’s Romance Fiction 1984 Mary Stewart, Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert, Phyllis A. Whitney, Roberta Gellis, Anya Seton, Georgette Heyer, Barbara Cartland, feminism, romantic suspense, historical romance, gender, sex/sexuality, marriage, Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined), erotic romance, readers, romance scholarship, Harlequin Mills & Boon, gothic romance, Jane Austen, history, settings, social/economic class, UK, United States of America, fairytales/folktales, family, Charlotte Brontë, psychology
Rihoit, Catherine Regards de femmes 1984 Harlequin Mills & Boon, readers
Coste, Didier Le genre du roman rose et la dissidence amoureuse 1984
Allen, Margaret; Blackburn, Jean; Johnson, Carol; King, Margaret; Mackinnon, Alison All Her Labours: Embroidering the Framework 1984
Christian, Linda Kathryn Becoming a Woman through Romance: Adolescent Novels and the Ideology of Femininity 1984 YA/teenage romance, gender
Kirkland, Catherine Elisabeth For The Love Of It: Women Writers And The Popular Romance 1984 authors, work, Publishing, feminism, trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Lugan-Dardigna, Anne-Marie Presse du cœur et roman rose: la quête de l'amour vrai ou comment se trouver un maître 1984 gender, religion/spirituality, love
Allen, Margaret; Blackburn, Jean; Johnson, Carol; King, Margaret; Mackinnon, Alison All Her Labours: Embroidering the Framework 1984
Coles, Claire D.; Shamp, M. Johnna Some Sexual, Personality, and Demographic Characteristics of Women Readers of Erotic Romances 1984 readers, erotic romance, sex/sexuality, pornography
Radway, Janice A. Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature 1984 Publishing, feminism, readers, genre definitions, marriage, psychology, gender
Aiken Hodge, Jane The Private World of Georgette Heyer 1984 Georgette Heyer
Pawling, Christopher Popular Fiction and Social Change 1984
Bédard-Cazabon, Hélène; Provost, Christiane "Un subtil parfum de mensonge": essai d'analyse d'un corpus de romans harlequin 1984 Harlequin Mills & Boon
Coles, Claire D.; Shamp, M. Johnna Some Sexual, Personality, and Demographic Characteristics of Women Readers of Erotic Romances 1984 readers, erotic romance, sex/sexuality, pornography
Drakulić-Ilić, Slavenka Smrtni grijesi feminizma. Ogledi u mudologiji 1984 readers, sex/sexuality, trash/literary and or intellectual quality, socialism and/or communism
Brunt, Rosalind A Career in Love: The Romantic World of Barbara Cartland 1984 Barbara Cartland, social/economic class, gender, religion/spirituality, Ethel M. Dell, Elinor Glyn, virginity
Bédard-Cazabon, Hélène; Provost, Christiane "Un subtil parfum de mensonge": essai d'analyse d'un corpus de romans harlequin 1984 Harlequin Mills & Boon
Dubrûle, Marie-Andrée Systèmes narratifs et systèmes de valeurs dans le roman sentimental paralittéraire 1984
Altus, Marilyn Sugar-coated Pills 1984
Radway, Janice A. Interpretive Communities And Variable Literacies: The Functions Of Romance Reading 1984 readers, linguistics
Moretto, Shirley; Weidenburner, Kathleen We’ll Take Romance! 1984 libraries/librarians
Baticle, Yveline Delly: autopsie du roman rose 1984 Delly, social/economic class, settings, linguistics
Worpole, Ken Reading by Numbers: Contemporary Publishing & Popular Fiction 1984 Publishing, UK, Harlequin Mills & Boon, trash/literary and or intellectual quality, feminism, romances in magazines and newspapers
Coste, Didier Conformité et narrativité: travail de reproduction idéologique et discours du changement d'après quelques romans de Rafael Pérez y Pérez 1984 Rafael Pérez y Pérez
Moretto, Shirley; Weidenburner, Kathleen We’ll Take Romance! 1984 libraries/librarians
Fallon, Eileen Words of Love: A Complete Guide to Romance Fiction 1984 genre definitions, Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined), trash/literary and or intellectual quality, historical romance, history, authors, Publishing, Georgette Heyer, Kathleen Woodiwiss, gothic romance
Coward, Rosalind Female Desire: Women’s Sexuality Today 1984 gender, feminism, psychology
Coste, Didier; Zéraffa, Michel Le récit amoureux: Colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle 1984
Allen, Margaret; Blackburn, Jean; Johnson, Carol; King, Margaret; Mackinnon, Alison All Her Labours: Embroidering the Framework 1984
Coste, Didier; Zéraffa, Michel Le récit amoureux: Colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle 1984
Bordoni, Carlo Il romanzo senza qualità: sociologia del nuovo rosa 1984 sociology
Barrett, Caroline Qui a peur des petits romans à l’eau de rose? 1984 readers
Harris, Patricia Marie The rhetorical vision of courtship in Harlequin Romances: a fantasy theme analysis 1985 Harlequin Mills & Boon
Hubbard, Rita C. Relationship Styles in Popular Romance Novels, 1950-1983 1985 Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway, gender, Roumelia Lane, Elizabeth Hunter, Elaine Raco Chase, Harlequin Mills & Boon
Batsleer, Janet; Davies, Tony; O'Rourke, Rebecca; Weedon, Chris Rewriting English: Cultural Politics of Gender and Class 1985 genre definitions, gender, capitalism/business, feminism, Florence Barclay, E. M. Hull, history, Barbara Cartland, Catherine Cookson, social/economic class, race/ethnicity, UK, sex/sexuality, fashion/clothing
Valverde, Mariana Sex, Power and Pleasure 1985 pornography, sex/sexuality, gender, BDSM, wealth/prosperity, lesbian romance, Jane Rule, marriage, LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors
Russ, Joanna Pornography By Women For Women, With Love 1985 fanfiction, m/m romance, pornography, readers, gender, sex/sexuality, rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse, science fiction/futuristic romance
Carmichael, Lynne Patricia A romantic past : a study of historical romance as a form of recreational fiction in public libraries 1985 historical romance, libraries/librarians
Batsleer, Janet; Davies, Tony; O'Rourke, Rebecca; Weedon, Chris Rewriting English: Cultural Politics of Gender and Class 1985 genre definitions, gender, capitalism/business, feminism, Florence Barclay, E. M. Hull, history, Barbara Cartland, Catherine Cookson, social/economic class, race/ethnicity, UK, sex/sexuality, fashion/clothing
Doyle, Marsha Vanderford The Rhetoric of Romance: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Barbara Cartland Novels 1985 Barbara Cartland, gender, religion/spirituality, love
Mann, Peter H. Romantic Fiction and Its Readership 1985 readers, genre definitions
Rabine, Leslie W. Romance in the Age of Electronics: Harlequin Enterprises 1985 Harlequin Mills & Boon, work, Charlotte Brontë, emotions, Publishing, authors
Neuman, Susan B. The Uses of Reading Mass-Produced Romance Fiction 1985 readers, Sue Byfield, Harlequin Mills & Boon
Thurston, Carol M. Popular Historical Romances: Agent for Social Change? An Exploration of Methodologies 1985 historical romance, sex/sexuality, gender
Rabine, Leslie W. Reading the Romantic Heroine: Text, History, Ideology 1985 Harlequin Mills & Boon, work, Charlotte Brontë, emotions, Publishing, authors
Sutton, Roger Librarians and the Paperback Romance: Trying to Do the Right Thing 1985 libraries/librarians, YA/teenage romance, sex/sexuality, trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Helgorsky, Françoise Harlequin ou la quête du grand amour 1985 Harlequin Mills & Boon, France, readers, love
Markert, John Romance Publishing and the Production of Culture 1985 Publishing, Harlequin Mills & Boon, United States of America, sex/sexuality, historical romance, Kathleen Woodiwiss
Russ, Joanna Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans & Perverts: Femininst Essays 1985
Kundin, Susan G. Romance versus Reality: A Look at YA Romantic Fiction 1985 YA/teenage romance
Philips, Deborah Marketing Moonshine 1985
Leedy, Helen The Portrayal of Women in Romance Novels 1985 Rosemary Rogers, Kathleen Woodiwiss
Stieg, Margaret F. Indian Romances: Tracts for the Times 1985 Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined), India, settings, race/ethnicity, gender, UK
Batsleer, Janet; Davies, Tony; O'Rourke, Rebecca; Weedon, Chris Rewriting English: Cultural Politics of Gender and Class 1985 genre definitions, gender, capitalism/business, feminism, Florence Barclay, E. M. Hull, history, Barbara Cartland, Catherine Cookson, social/economic class, race/ethnicity, UK, sex/sexuality, fashion/clothing
Rose, Suzanna Is Romance Dysfunctional? 1985 sex/sexuality, gender, psychology, fairytales/folktales, readers
Batsleer, Janet; Davies, Tony; O'Rourke, Rebecca; Weedon, Chris Rewriting English: Cultural Politics of Gender and Class 1985 genre definitions, gender, capitalism/business, feminism, Florence Barclay, E. M. Hull, history, Barbara Cartland, Catherine Cookson, social/economic class, race/ethnicity, UK, sex/sexuality, fashion/clothing
Woodruff, Juliette A spate of words, full of sound & fury, signifying nothing: or, How to read in Harlequin 1985 gothic romance, Harlequin Mills & Boon, historical romance, Barbara Cartland, Georgette Heyer, marriage
Alberti, Paola; Fortunati, Vita; Franci, Giovanna; Galateria, Daria; Mangaroni, Rosella; Pozzato, Maria Pia; Sabbadini, Tiziana; Tempera, Mariangela Maestre d'amore: eroine e scrittrici nell'impero del rosa inglese 1986 UK, Elinor Glyn, E. M. Hull
Franco, Jean The Incorporation of Women: A Comparison of North American and Mexican Popular Narrative 1986 social/economic class, Corín Tellado, Harlequin Mills & Boon, Anne Mather, gender, work, wealth/prosperity, Mexico
Fortunati, Vita; Franci, Giovanna; Mangaroni, Rosella Prefazione 1986
Roger, Isabel M. Recreación crítica de la novela rosa en El cuarto de atrás 1986 metafiction
Bettinotti, Julia; Bédard-Cazabon, Hélène; Gagnon, Jocelyn; Noizet, Pascale; Provost, Christiane La corrida de l'amour: Le Roman Harlequin 1986 Harlequin Mills & Boon, Publishing, gender, settings, marriage, trash/literary and or intellectual quality, paratext, family, Janet Dailey, Charlotte Lamb, sex/sexuality, work
Alberti, Paola; Fortunati, Vita; Franci, Giovanna; Galateria, Daria; Mangaroni, Rosella; Pozzato, Maria Pia; Sabbadini, Tiziana; Tempera, Mariangela Maestre d'amore: eroine e scrittrici nell'impero del rosa inglese 1986 UK, Elinor Glyn, E. M. Hull
Franco, Jean Plotting Women: Popular Narratives for Women in the United States and in Latin America 1986 Anne Mather, gender, Harlequin Mills & Boon, Mexico
Fortunati, Vita; Franci, Giovanna; Mangaroni, Rosella Prefazione 1986
Galateria, Daria Erotismo e buona creanza in Georgette Heyer 1986 Georgette Heyer
Dubrûle, Marie-Andrée Le cas Harlequin : la mise à l’épreuve du sujet femme : une analyse des procédés narratifs et littéraires 1986 Harlequin Mills & Boon, Janet Dailey, gender, feminism
Bettinotti, Julia; Bédard-Cazabon, Hélène; Gagnon, Jocelyn; Noizet, Pascale; Provost, Christiane La corrida de l'amour: Le Roman Harlequin 1986 Harlequin Mills & Boon, Publishing, gender, settings, marriage, trash/literary and or intellectual quality, paratext, family, Janet Dailey, Charlotte Lamb, sex/sexuality, work
Alberti, Paola; Fortunati, Vita; Franci, Giovanna; Galateria, Daria; Mangaroni, Rosella; Pozzato, Maria Pia; Sabbadini, Tiziana; Tempera, Mariangela Maestre d'amore: eroine e scrittrici nell'impero del rosa inglese 1986 UK, Elinor Glyn, E. M. Hull
Geib, Aleta Esther Changing heroes: depictions of the male sex role in category romance novels, 1976-1983 1986 sex/sexuality, gender
Fortunati, Vita; Franci, Giovanna; Mangaroni, Rosella Prefazione 1986
Bleton, Paul; Bonaccorsi, Robert Cahiers pour la littérature populaire. Recherches québécoises 1986
Pozzato, Maria Pia Letteratura popolare e livelli di qualità. Un confronto fra Georgette Heyer e Barbara Cartland 1986 Georgette Heyer, Barbara Cartland, trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Riche, Martha Farnsworth Why Romance Novels Are Like the Rustbelt 1986 readers, Publishing
Bettinotti, Julia; Lizé, Claude Les stratégies de dévalorisation de la littérature populaire: l’exemple du roman Harlequin 1986 Harlequin Mills & Boon
Les Productions populaires en Espagne, 1850-1920 1986
Bettinotti, Julia; Bédard-Cazabon, Hélène; Gagnon, Jocelyn; Noizet, Pascale; Provost, Christiane La corrida de l'amour: Le Roman Harlequin 1986 Harlequin Mills & Boon, Publishing, gender, settings, marriage, trash/literary and or intellectual quality, paratext, family, Janet Dailey, Charlotte Lamb, sex/sexuality, work
Guise, René; Neuschäfer, Hans-Jörg Richesses du roman populaire: actes du colloque international de Pont-à-Mousson, octobre 1983 1986
Alberti, Paola; Fortunati, Vita; Franci, Giovanna; Galateria, Daria; Mangaroni, Rosella; Pozzato, Maria Pia; Sabbadini, Tiziana; Tempera, Mariangela Maestre d'amore: eroine e scrittrici nell'impero del rosa inglese 1986 UK, Elinor Glyn, E. M. Hull
Bleton, Paul; Bonaccorsi, Robert Cahiers pour la littérature populaire. Recherches québécoises 1986
Coste, Didier A los principios de la novela rosa: dos novelas de Pérez y Pérez 1986 Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined), Spain
Méndez, José Luis The Novels of Corín Tellado 1986 Corín Tellado
Lam, Maylyn Reading the sweet dream: adolescent girls and romance fiction 1986 readers
Radford, Jean Introduction 1986 trash/literary and or intellectual quality, romance scholarship, genre definitions, Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined), socialism and/or communism, feminism, readers
Bettinotti, Julia; Lizé, Claude Les stratégies de dévalorisation de la littérature populaire: l’exemple du roman Harlequin 1986 Harlequin Mills & Boon
Bettinotti, Julia; Bédard-Cazabon, Hélène; Gagnon, Jocelyn; Noizet, Pascale; Provost, Christiane La corrida de l'amour: Le Roman Harlequin 1986 Harlequin Mills & Boon, Publishing, gender, settings, marriage, trash/literary and or intellectual quality, paratext, family, Janet Dailey, Charlotte Lamb, sex/sexuality, work
Guise, René; Neuschäfer, Hans-Jörg Richesses du roman populaire: actes du colloque international de Pont-à-Mousson, octobre 1983 1986
Radford, Jean The Progress of Romance: The Politics of Popular Fiction 1986
Williamson, Margaret The Greek romance 1986 Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined), Chariton, Xenophon of Ephesus, Achilles Tatius, Longus, Heliodorus, love, rural romance
Graner, Marcel La série rose 1986 sociology
Bettinotti, Julia; Bédard-Cazabon, Hélène; Gagnon, Jocelyn; Noizet, Pascale; Provost, Christiane La corrida de l'amour: Le Roman Harlequin 1986 Harlequin Mills & Boon, Publishing, gender, settings, marriage, trash/literary and or intellectual quality, paratext, family, Janet Dailey, Charlotte Lamb, sex/sexuality, work
Wilson, Elizabeth Suzanne Women creating men: the history of the hero in contemporary category romance fiction since the 1950s 1986 gender
Cadet, Christiane Roman sentimental ou histoire de sentiments 1986 France, Publishing, teaching romance
Jones, Ann Rosalind Mills & Boon meets feminism 1986 feminism, Harlequin Mills & Boon, work, social/economic class, gender, sex/sexuality
Coste, Didier La littérarité du roman rose: ses mécanismes, ses raisons, ses conséquences 1986 linguistics, trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Alberts, J. K. The Role of Couples' Conversations in Relational Development: A Content Analysis of Courtship Talk in Harlequin Romance Novels 1986 psychology, linguistics, Harlequin Mills & Boon
Modleski, Tania Studies in Entertainment: Critical Approaches to Mass Culture 1986
Alberti, Paola; Fortunati, Vita; Franci, Giovanna; Galateria, Daria; Mangaroni, Rosella; Pozzato, Maria Pia; Sabbadini, Tiziana; Tempera, Mariangela Maestre d'amore: eroine e scrittrici nell'impero del rosa inglese 1986 UK, Elinor Glyn, E. M. Hull
Paizis, George 'Reine ou esclave .... ': conflicting images of women in the contemporary 'romantic novel' in France 1986 gender, feminism, readers, France, Publishing
Sterk, Helen Mae Functioning fictions: the adjustment rhetoric of Silhouette romance novels 1986 readers, gender
Noizet, Pascale La coopération interprétative dans le roman d'amour populaire de la langue française de 1880 à nos jours 1986
Davis, Mary Louise Romances and the Modern Ms.: a Study of Contemporary (Line) Romances, 1980-1984 1986 paratext, gender, readers, work, sex/sexuality
Bruttini, Adriano; Marucci, Franco La performance del testo: atti del VII Congresso Nazionale dell'Associazione Italiana di Anglistica (A.I.A.), Siena, 2-4 Novembre 1984 1986
Chevigny, Bell Gale; Laguardia, Gari Reinventing the Americas: Comparative Studies of Literature of the United States and Spanish America 1986
Alberti, Paola; Fortunati, Vita; Franci, Giovanna; Galateria, Daria; Mangaroni, Rosella; Pozzato, Maria Pia; Sabbadini, Tiziana; Tempera, Mariangela Maestre d'amore: eroine e scrittrici nell'impero del rosa inglese 1986 UK, Elinor Glyn, E. M. Hull
Tatlock, Kristen Doris Raised on romance: a cultural study of romance fiction 1986