Reeves, Anne R. (2004) Adolescents Talk about Reading: Exploring Resistance to and Engagement with Text : International Reading Association Topic readers
Reep, Diana (1982) The Rescue And Romance: Popular Novels Before World War I Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) United States of America gender race/ethnicity social/economic class
Raub, Patricia (1992) Issues of Passion and Power in E. M. Hull's The Sheik Women's Studies 21:119-128 DOI: 10.1080/00497878.1992.9978930 Topic E. M. Hull sex/sexuality United States of America history gender Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Elinor Glyn Harlequin Mills & Boon
Rani, Mohd. Zariat Abdul (2014) The Conflict of Love and Islam: The Main Ingredients in the Popular Islamic Novels of Malaysia South East Asia Research 22.3:417-433 DOI: 10.5367/sear.2014.0222 Topic Malaysia Islam religion/spirituality Zaid Akhtar Ilham Hamdani paratext Publishing Muslim romance
Rani, Mohd. Zariat Abdul (2012) Islam, Romance and Popular Taste in Indonesia: A textual analysis of Ayat ayat cinta by Habiburrahman El-Shirazy and Syahadat cinta by Taufiqurrahman Al-Azizy Indonesia and the Malay World 40.116:59-73 DOI: 10.1080/13639811.2011.648998 Topic Indonesia Habiburrahman El-Shirazy Taufiqurrahman Al-Azizy Islam religion/spirituality paratext film/movies Publishing marriage Muslim romance
Radway, Janice (1994) "Romance and the Work of Fantasy: Struggles over Feminine Sexuality and Subjectivity at Century's End " Viewing, Reading, Listening: Audiences and Cultural Reception 213-231 Topic authors feminism gender sex/sexuality romance scholarship Publishing work Jude Deveraux