Hendricks, Margo (2022) Race and Romance: Coloring the Past : Arizona State University Topic race/ethnicity Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Heliodorus Beverly Jenkins Margo Hendricks/Elysabeth Grace trash/literary and or intellectual quality genre definitions
Montague, Holly W. (1994) "From Interlude in Arcady to Daphnis and Chloe: Two Thousand Years of Erotic Fantasy " The Search for the Ancient Novel 391-401 Topic Longus Achilles Tatius Margery Hilton rural romance social/economic class paratext disability metaphor/symbolism sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse feminism gender Heliodorus
Williamson, Margaret (1986) "The Greek romance " The Progress of Romance: The Politics of Popular Fiction 23-45 Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Chariton Xenophon of Ephesus Achilles Tatius Longus Heliodorus love rural romance