Cohn, Jan (1977) The Romances of Mary Roberts Rinehart: Some Problems in the Study of Popular Culture Journal of Popular Culture 11.3:581-590 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1977.00581.x Topic Mary Roberts Rinehart work marriage Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Cohn, Jan (1988) Romance and the Erotics of Property: Mass-Market Fiction for Women Durham and London: Duke University Press Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) wealth/prosperity capitalism/business gender marriage Jane Austen Charlotte Brontë May Agnes Fleming Harlequin Mills & Boon