Assiter, Alison (1989) Pornography, Feminism and the Individual London: Pluto Press Topic pornography feminism
Faust, Beatrice (1980) Women, Sex and Pornography London: Melbourne House Topic rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse pornography sex/sexuality Rosemary Rogers Patricia Gallagher Patricia Matthews Harlequin Mills & Boon feminism gender
Ellis, Kate (1987) "Gimme Shelter: Feminism, Fantasy, and Women's Popular Fiction " American Media and Mass Culture: Left Perspectives 216-230 Topic feminism gothic romance virginity rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Charlotte Brontë settings family work Kathleen Woodiwiss readers
Lazere, Donald (1987) American Media and Mass Culture: Left Perspectives Berkeley: University of California Press
Bayer-Berenbaum, Linda (1982) The Gothic Imagination: Expansion in Gothic Literature and Art Rutherford, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Topic Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert gothic romance
Mussell, Kay (2002) "Romance Fiction " The Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture: Volume Four (Pulps and Dime Novels through Young Adult Fiction) 1559-1600 Topic genre definitions Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) romance scholarship