Therrien, Kathleen M. (1997) Trembling at Her Own Response: Resistance and Reconciliation in Mass-Market Romance Novels PhD, University of Delaware Topic Julie Garwood Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Susan Wiggs gender national identity
Therrien, Kathleen M. (2015) ""One Would Die Rather Than Speak ... about Such Subjects": Exploring Class, Gender, and Hegemony in Anya Seton's Dragonwyck " Teaching Tainted Lit: Popular American Fiction in Today's Classroom 51-76 Topic teaching romance Anya Seton gothic romance social/economic class gender sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse