Romance Scholarship DB

(1984) Fantasy and Reconciliation: Contemporary Formulas of Women’s Romance Fiction Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press

(1997) Where's Love Gone? Transformations in Romance Fiction and Scholarship Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2:3-14

Topic

paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance

romance scholarship

LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors

Mussell, Kay

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Uszkurat, Carol Ann

(1993) "Mid Twentieth Century Lesbian Romance: Reception and Redress " Outwrite: Lesbianism and Popular Culture 26-47

Topic

lesbian romance

Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)

LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors

Uszkurat, Carol Ann

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Griffin, Gabriele

(1993) Outwrite: Lesbianism and Popular Culture London: Pluto Press

Griffin, Gabriele

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Betz, Phyllis M.

(2009) Lesbian Romance Novels: A History and Critical Analysis Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co

Topic

lesbian romance

Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)

Katherine V. Forrest

social/economic class

Radclyffe/Len Barot

Karin Kallmaker

Jennifer Fulton

LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors

Betz, Phyllis M.

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Taddeo, Julie Anne

(2013) "Corsets of Steel: Steampunk's Reimagining of Victorian Femininity " Steaming Into a Victorian Future: A Steampunk Anthology 43-63

Topic

fashion/clothing