Hubert, Karen M. (1976) Teaching and Writing Popular Fiction: Horror, Adventure, Mystery and Romance in the American Classroom New York: Teachers & Writers Collaborative Topic teaching romance
Hofstadter, Beatrice K. (1960) Popular Culture and the Romantic Heroine The American Scholar 30.1:98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116 (10 pages) Topic 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
Griswold, Wendy (1989) Formulaic Fiction: The Author as Agent of Elective Affinity Comparative Social Research 11:75-130 Topic Nigeria sociology
Gautier-Villon, Claire-Elizabeth (1994) The Appeal of the Mass-Market Romance M.A., University of Alberta Topic readers Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Harlequin Mills & Boon historical romance feminism romance scholarship
Gaines, Judith (1990) Tracing feminism through the romance novel, or, the vines (clinging) and the swines (chauvinistic), they are a-changin' M.A., Ball State University Topic feminism
Esquibel, Catrióna Rueda (1991) Loving the other woman: contemporary lesbian romance novels Masters, University of Colorado Topic lesbian romance LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors