Cranny-Francis, Anne (1990) Feminist Fiction: Feminist Uses of Generic Fiction Cambridge: Polity Topic feminism Charlotte Brontë Emily Brontë race/ethnicity capitalism/business wealth/prosperity Sarah James
Crusie Smith, Jennifer (1998) "The Romantic Suspense Mystery " Mystery and Suspense Writers: The Literature of Crime, Detection, and Espionage, Volume 2 1183-1197 Topic romantic suspense genre definitions settings precursors of modern romance gothic romance Horace Walpole Ann Radcliffe Jane Austen Emily Brontë Charlotte Brontë Wilkie Collins death Mary Roberts Rinehart Mabel Seeley Dorothy MacCardle Georgette Heyer Vera Caspary Daphne du Maurier Mary Stewart Barbara Michaels a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters a.k.a. Barbara Mertz Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Mary Higgins Clark family Eileen Dreyer/Kathleen Korbel
Juhasz, Suzanne (1994) Reading from the Heart: Women, Literature, and the Search for True Love New York: Viking Topic readers psychology precursors of modern romance Jane Austen Emily Brontë Charlotte Brontë Louisa May Alcott Gloria Naylor Isabel Miller Valerie Taylor lesbian romance
Lutz, Deborah (2006) The Dangerous Lover: Gothic Villains, Byronism, and the Nineteenth-Century Seduction Narrative Columbus: Ohio State University Press Topic love death philosophy precursors of modern romance historical romance Rosemary Rogers Daphne du Maurier E. M. Hull Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Georgette Heyer Emily Brontë Charlotte Brontë Samuel Richardson
Ramsdell, Kristin (2018) Encyclopedia of Romance Fiction Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Topic Publishing paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance comics/manga Christian romance marriage Jane Austen Charlotte Brontë Emily Brontë Barbara Cartland Janet Dailey Daphne du Maurier Ethel M. Dell erotic romance feminism science fiction/futuristic romance Elinor Glyn Margaret Mitchell Harlequin Mills & Boon Georgette Heyer Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert historical romance E. M. Hull romance scholarship LGBT+ characters, readers and/or authors libraries/librarians romantic suspense Samuel Richardson rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb Bertrice Small Mary Stewart translation Patricia Veryan Phyllis A. Whitney Kathleen Winsor Kathleen Woodiwiss race/ethnicity
Shachar, Hila (2011) "A Post-Feminist Romance: Love, Gender and Intertextuality in Stephenie Meyer's Saga " Theorizing Twilight: Critical Essays on What's at Stake in a Post-Vampire World 147-161 Topic Twilight Emily Brontë Charlotte Brontë Harlequin Mills & Boon