Novak, Julia (2014) Nell Gwyn in Contemporary Romance Novels: Biography and the Dictates of 'Genre Literature' Contemporary Women's Writing 8.3:373–390 DOI: 10.1093/cww/vpu007 Topic history historical romance
Nilson, Maria (2013) From The Flame and the Flower to Fifty Shades of Grey: Sex, Power and Desire in the Romance Novel Akademisk Kvarter/Academic Quarter 7:119-131 DOI: 10.5278/ojs.academicquarter.v0i7.2824 Topic Fifty Shades sex/sexuality Kathleen Woodiwiss chick lit rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse
Kania, Richard R. E. (2014) Pirates and Piracy in American Popular Culture Romanian Journal of English Studies 11.1:183–194 DOI: 10.2478/rjes-2014-0022 Topic pirates and outlaws historical romance Daphne du Maurier
Frederick, Rhonda (2013) Making Jamaican Love: Colin Channer's Waiting in Vain and Romance-ified Diaspora Identities Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal Of Criticism 17.3:63-84 DOI: 10.1215/07990537-2378919 Topic national identity Caribbean Colin Channer Jamaica social/economic class race/ethnicity gender erotic romance
Cawelti, John (1978) Romance: The Once and Future Queen The Wilson Quarterly 2.3:102-109 Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) gothic romance Harlequin Mills & Boon Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay Phyllis A. Whitney