Shakespeare appears most often in two subgenres, Regencies and historical romances. [...] I argue that Shakespeare in contemporary American romance serves the needs of (a) authors, by bolstering their status and offering the private pleasures of erudition; (b) characters, by modeling strategies for creating both emotional distance and cultural connections; and (c) readers, by at once reinforcing and challenging the culturally conservative codes of the romance. (47)
You may also be interested in Osborne's website dedicated to Shakespeare in romance.
You may also be interested in Osborne's website dedicated to Shakespeare in romance.