Mussell, Kay Johnson (1973) The World of Modern Gothic Fiction: American Women and Their Social Myths PhD, University of Iowa Topic gothic romance
Morey, Ann-Janine (1992) Religion and Sexuality in American Literature Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Topic religion/spirituality Christian romance Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Morey, Ann-Janine (1990) The Reverend Idol and Other Parsonage Secrets: Women Write Romances about Ministers, 1880-1950 Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 6.1:87-103 Topic religion/spirituality Christian romance Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Mussell, Kay (2002) "Are Feminism and Romance Novels Mutually Exclusive? " The Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing (Sixth Edition) 40-41 Topic feminism
Meyer, Michael (2002) The Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing (Sixth Edition) Boston: Bedford/St Martin's Topic Karen van der Zee teaching romance
Stille Luse, Marcia L. (1991) Secondary educators' attitudes and professional assessment of the place for contemporary young adult series romance novels in the low-end and reluctant readers' curriculum Masters, Pacific University Topic YA/teenage romance teaching romance
Lorinc, John (1994) Romance Language: How Harlequin Became Synonymous with Romance and then Translated that Success Around the World Quill & Quire 60.5:1-13, 14-15 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon