Hermes, Joke (1992) Sexuality in Lesbian Romance Fiction Feminist Review 42.1:49-66 Topic LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors Sarah Aldridge Katherine V. Forrest Valerie Taylor precursors of modern romance rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Michelle Martin readers
Hermes, Joke (1992) Vergnügen oder Aufklärung? Sexualität in lesbischen Liebesromanen? Das Argument - Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften 193:389-402 Topic LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors Valerie Taylor Katherine V. Forrest precursors of modern romance
Juhasz, Suzanne (1994) Reading from the Heart: Women, Literature, and the Search for True Love New York: Viking Topic readers psychology precursors of modern romance Jane Austen Emily Brontë Charlotte Brontë Louisa May Alcott Gloria Naylor Isabel Miller Valerie Taylor lesbian romance
Matelski, Elizabeth (2016) ""I'm Not the Only Lesbian Who Wears a Skirt": Lesbian Romance Fiction and Identity in Post-World War II America " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 71-88 Topic LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors fashion/clothing United States of America gender precursors of modern romance history metafiction Claire Morgan/Patricia Highsmith lesbian romance Valerie Taylor Ann Bannon Rita Mae Brown
Weir, Angela Wilson, Elizabeth (1992) "The Greyhound Bus Station in the Evolution of Lesbian Popular Culture " New Lesbian Criticism: Literary and Cultural Readings 95-113 Topic LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors precursors of modern romance Ann Bannon Valerie Taylor Claire Morgan/Patricia Highsmith history March Hastings marriage psychology cross-dressing Gale Wilhelm Radclyffe Hall Randy Salem gender sex/sexuality
Weir, Angela Wilson, Elizabeth (1992) "The Greyhound Bus Station in the Evolution of Lesbian Popular Culture " New Lesbian Criticism: Literary and Cultural Readings 95-113 Topic LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors precursors of modern romance Ann Bannon Valerie Taylor Claire Morgan/Patricia Highsmith history March Hastings marriage psychology cross-dressing Gale Wilhelm Radclyffe Hall Randy Salem gender sex/sexuality