Allport, Tanya (1988) Female journeys: the place of Jane Eyre and "Mills and Boon" in the search for women's existential space MA thesis, University of Auckland Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon
Al-Bataineh, Afaf Badr (1998) The modern Arabic novel: a literary and linguistic analysis of the genre of popular fiction, with special reference to translation from English PhD, Heriot-Watt Topic translation Harlequin Mills & Boon
Adams, Kathleen Barzun (2003) Thirty years of change: heroes, heroines, and the popular romance MA thesis, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut Topic gender
Coddington, Lynn (1997) Romance and Power: Writing Romance Novels as a Practice of Critical Literacy PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Coddington, Lynn (1997) Wavering Between Worlds: Feminist Influences in the Romance Genre Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2:58-77 Topic trash/literary and or intellectual quality feminism Barbara McMahon Ruth Wind/Barbara Samuel/Barbara O'Neal gender emotions Jennifer Crusie
Blodgett, Jan (1997) Protestant Evangelical Literary Culture and Contemporary Society Westport: Greenwood Press Topic Christian romance religion/spirituality Janette Oke rural romance historical romance Hilda Stahl Leonora Pruner Leslie Holden Lurlene McDaniel Mary LaPietra