Fowler, Bridget (1979) "True to Me Always": An Analysis of Women's Magazine Fiction The British Journal of Sociology 30.1:91-119 Topic romances in romance magazines and newspapers social class readers Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) marriage work wealth/prosperity gender medical romance settings rural romance
Fowler, Bridget (1991) The Alienated Reader: Women and Romantic Literature in the Twentieth Century Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf Topic social class gender Samuel Richardson capitalism/business religion/spirituality Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) readers trash/literary quality Catherine Cookson Publishing romances in romance magazines and newspapers Harlequin Mills & Boon work Barbara Taylor Bradford Barbara Cartland fairytales family feminism Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert marriage Scotland sex/sexuality
