romance scholarship

Ali, Kecia (2021) " Author studies and popular romance fiction " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 320-334 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-14

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Marie Bjelke Petersen

Suzanne Brockmann

Jennifer Crusie

Allan, Jonathan A. (2022) " “A Most Unlikely Hero”: Disability, Masculinity, and Sexuality in Harlequin Superromance Novels " The Male Body in Representation: Returning to Matter 215-235 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88604-2_10

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disability

Fay Robinson/Carmel Parsons Thomaston

Kay Stockham

Allen, Amanda K. (2021) " Young adult romance " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 168-190 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-7

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Bartlett, Lexey A. (2016) Review of Love Between the Covers by Laurie Kahn (Blueberry Hill Productions, 2015) Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy 3.2:

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Bettinotti, Julia des Rivières, Marie-José (2000) " Un élargissement du canon littéraire : le cas du roman d'amour " Que vaut la littérature? 357-372

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Burge, Amy Robinson, Rachel (2020) Review essay on The Sheik Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9:

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sheikh romance

Constans, Ellen (1999) Parlez-moi d’amour: Le roman sentimental. Des romans grecs aux collections de l’an 2000 Limoges: PULIM (Presses universitaires de Limoges)

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

France

Constans, Ellen (2009) La censure du roman sentimental en France ou le refoulement des mauvais genres Belphégor 8.2:

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

France

Joyce Dingwell/Kate Starr

Dalziell, Tanya (2021) " Australia's Long Relationship with Romance " The Routledge Companion to Australian Literature 365-373

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Bettinotti, Julia des Rivières, Marie-José (2000) " Un élargissement du canon littéraire : le cas du roman d'amour " Que vaut la littérature? 357-372

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Fanetti, Susan (2022) " Introduction—Popular Romance in the 21st Century: Time to Claim Its Due " New Frontiers in Popular Romance: Essays on the Genre in the 21st Century 1-13

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Selinger, Eric Murphy Frantz, Sarah S. G. (2012) " Introduction: New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 1-19

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Loretta Chase

García Fernández, Aurora Fresno-Calleja, Paloma (2020) Competence, Complicity and Complexity: Hsu-Ming Teo on the Pitfalls and Nuances of Reading and Researching Popular Romance Raudem, Revista de Estudios de las Mujeres 8:261-280

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historical romance

love

Australia

Frost, Laura (2006) " The Romance of Cliché: E. M. Hull, D. H. Lawrence, and Interwar Erotic Fiction " Bad Modernisms 94-118 DOI:10.2307/j.ctv125jq8v.8

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Frost, Laura (2013) The Problem with Pleasure: Modernism and Its Discontents New York: Columbia University Press

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love

Australia

Gautier-Villon, Claire-Elizabeth (1994) The Appeal of the Mass-Market Romance M.A., University of Alberta

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Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

historical romance

Selinger, Eric Murphy Gleason, William A. (2016) " Introduction: Love as the Practice of Freedom? " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 1-21

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Nell Stark

Gómez Gray, Alana (2018) Lectura, paraliteratura y mujeres en España: de la novela rosa a cincuenta sombras Arenal 25.1:215-236

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González-Cruz, María Isabel (2022) " Interdisciplinarity in Romance Fiction " Discursos e Identidades en la Ficción Romántica: Visiones Anglófonas de Madeira y Canarias / Discourses and Identities in Romance Fiction: Anglophone Visions from Madeira and the Canaries 345-366

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González-Cruz, María Isabel (2022) " La interdisciplinariedad en la ficción romántica " Discursos e Identidades en la Ficción Romántica: Visiones Anglófonas de Madeira y Canarias / Discourses and Identities in Romance Fiction: Anglophone Visions from Madeira and the Canaries 161-184

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Goris, An (2011) Matricide in Romance Scholarship? Response to Pamela Regis’ Keynote Address at the Second Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.1:

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Goris, An (2012) Mind, Body, Love: Nora Roberts and the Evolution of Popular Romance Studies Journal of Popular Romance Studies 3.1:

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Hendricks, Margo Moody-Freeman, Julie E. (2022) Introduction to the Special Issue on Black Romance Journal of Popular Romance Studies 11:

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Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert

Hirst, Holly (2020) " The Gothic Romance " The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic 357-372 DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-33136-8_22

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gothic romance

Phyllis A. Whitney

Christine Marion Fraser

Hirst, Holly (2021) " Georgette Heyer and redefining the Gothic romance " Georgette Heyer, History, and Historical Fiction 105-118 DOI:10.2307/j.ctv15d818n.12

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Hollows, Joanne (2000) Feminism, Femininity and Popular Culture Manchester: Manchester University Press

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Thompson, Marcella Koski, Patricia Holyfield, Lori (1997) Romance and agency: An argument revisited Sociological Spectrum 17.4:437-451

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Ivanski, Chantelle Maslej, Marta M. Mar, Raymond A. (2022) " Empirical Approaches to Studying Emotion in Literature: The Case of Gender " The Routledge Companion to Literature and Emotion DOI:10.4324/9780367809843-8

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Kamblé, Jayashree Selinger, Eric Murphy Teo, Hsu-Ming (2021) " Introduction " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 1-23 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-25

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Teo, Hsu-Ming Selinger, Eric Murphy Kamblé, Jayashree (2021) The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

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Thompson, Marcella Koski, Patricia Holyfield, Lori (1997) Romance and agency: An argument revisited Sociological Spectrum 17.4:437-451

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Levy, Bronwen (1987) Up From Under, or On Not Marrying the Racist Aussie Boss: Strategies for Reading Romantic Fiction Hecate 13.1:7-20

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Margaret Way

Maher, Jennifer (2001) Ripping the Bodice: Eating, Reading, and Revolt College Literature 28.1:64-83

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Mäkelä, Veera (2021) Reading Response in Mary Balogh: A Critical Engagement Journal of Popular Romance Studies 10:

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Makinen, Merja (2001) Feminist Popular Fiction Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave

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Martin, Michèle (1991) Communication et médias de masse : culture, domination et opposition Québec: Presses de l'Université du Québec

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McAlister, Jodi (2020) The Consummate Virgin: Female Virginity Loss and Love in Anglophone Popular Literatures Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan

McAlister, Jodi (2022) Isn’t It Iconic: Canonical Logics and the Romance Genre Journal of Popular Romance Studies 11:

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Ménard, A. Dana (2013) Note from the Field: Reflecting on Romance Novel Research: Past, Present and Future Journal of Popular Romance Studies 3.2:

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psychology

Modleski, Tania (1998) My Life as a Romance Writer Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 4.9:134-144

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BDSM

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Jennifer Crusie

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Linda Howard

evolutionary psychology

Moody, Stephanie (2010) " Women's Leadership in Romance Fiction Scholarship " Gender and Women's Leadership: A Reference Handbook 941-947 DOI:10.4135/9781412979344.n98

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Samuel Richardson

Jane Austen

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Hendricks, Margo Moody-Freeman, Julie E. (2022) Introduction to the Special Issue on Black Romance Journal of Popular Romance Studies 11:

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

Moody-Freeman, Julie E. (2022) Response to Eric Selinger’s “Cant and Canonicity” Journal of Popular Romance Studies 11:

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Moore, Kate Selinger, Eric Murphy (2012) The Heroine as Reader, the Reader as Heroine: Jennifer Crusie’s Welcome to Temptation Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.2:

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Mussell, Kay (1981) Women’s Gothic and Romantic Fiction: A Reference Guide Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press

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gothic romance

United States of America

Catharine Maria Sedgwick

Augusta Jane Evans

E. D. E. N. Southworth

Margaret Mitchell

Daphne du Maurier

Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert

Mary Stewart

Phyllis A. Whitney

Rosemary Rogers

Kathleen Thompson Norris

Grace Livingston Hill

film/movies

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

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

Mussell, Kay (1997) Paradoxa Interview with Jayne Ann Krentz Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2:46-57

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

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Mussell, Kay (1998) Kay Mussell Replies to Tania Modleski Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 4.9:145-147

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Mussell, Kay (2002) " Romance Fiction " The Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture: Volume Four (Pulps and Dime Novels through Young Adult Fiction) 1559-1600

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

Nowacki, Dariusz (2020) Access Paths: On Popular Women’s Literature and Criticism Tematy i Konteksty Special Issue in English, No. 1: A Selection of the Decade:

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Olivier, Séverine (2012) Francophone Perspectives on Romantic Fiction: From the Academic Field to Reader’s Experience Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.2:

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translation

Parameswaran, Radhika E. (1994) " Romance Reading in the Third World: A Postcolonial Intersection of Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexuality " Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (77th, Atlanta, Georgia, August 10-13, 1994). Part IV: International Media 71-102

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Pérez Fernández, Irene Pérez Ríu, Carmen (2021) " Romantic Escapes in Contemporary Popular Romance Fiction " Romantic Escapes: Post-Millennial Trends in Contemporary Popular Romance Fiction 11-25

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Pérez-Casal, Inmaculada (2022) " La novela rosa o romántica: pasado, presente y futuro " Discursos e Identidades en la Ficción Romántica: Visiones Anglófonas de Madeira y Canarias / Discourses and Identities in Romance Fiction: Anglophone Visions from Madeira and the Canaries 37-52

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

Pérez-Casal, Inmaculada (2022) " Popular romance novels: past, present and future " Discursos e Identidades en la Ficción Romántica: Visiones Anglófonas de Madeira y Canarias / Discourses and Identities in Romance Fiction: Anglophone Visions from Madeira and the Canaries 233-246

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

Philips, Deborah (2020) In defence of reading (and watching) trash: Feminists reading the romance European Journal of Cultural Studies 23.6:900–914

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Pierini, Francesca (2021) “Sharing the Same Soil:” Sally Rooney’s Normal People and the Coming-of-Age Romance Prospero. Rivista di letterature e culture straniere :141-166

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Sally Rooney

Pierini, Francesca (2022) Romance and Metagenre: A Response to Burkhard Niederhoff Connotations: A Journal for Critical Debate 31:100-111

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E. M. Forster

happy ending

Press, Andrea L. (1986) New Views on the Mass Production of Women's Culture Communication Research 13.1:139-149

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Radford, Jean (1986) " Introduction " The Progress of Romance: The Politics of Popular Fiction 1-20

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

socialism and/or communism

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

Radford, Jean (1992) " A Certain Latitude: Romance as Genre " Gender, Language, and Myth: Essays on Popular Narrative 3-19

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socialism and/or communism

psychology

Radway, Janice (1994) " Romance and the Work of Fantasy: Struggles over Feminine Sexuality and Subjectivity at Century's End " Viewing, Reading, Listening: Audiences and Cultural Reception 213-231

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Ramos-García, María T. (2021) " Paranormal romance and urban fantasy " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 141-167 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-6

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happy ending

YA/teenage romance

Ramsdell, Kristin (1999) Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited

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Christian romance

race/ethnicity

Ramsdell, Kristin (2018) Encyclopedia of Romance Fiction Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood

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science fiction/futuristic romance

Elinor Glyn

Margaret Mitchell

Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert

historical romance

libraries/librarians

romantic suspense

Samuel Richardson

Regis, Pamela (1997) Complicating Romances and their Readers: Barrier and Point of Ritual Death in Nora Roberts's Category Fiction Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2:145-154

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Regis, Pamela (2011) What Do Critics Owe the Romance? Keynote Address at the Second Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.1:

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

Regis, Pamela (2021) " The evolution of the American romance novel " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 51-71 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-2

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United States of America

Onoto Watanna/Winnifred Eaton

Charles Brockden Brown

Sukey Vickery

Catharine Maria Sedgwick

Lydia Maria Child

E. D. E. N. Southworth

Louisa May Alcott

Frances Watkins Harper

race/ethnicity

Jean Webster

Kathleen Thompson Norris

Viña Delmar

family

Claire Morgan/Patricia Highsmith

Roach, Catherine M. (2014) 'Going Native': Aca-Fandom and Deep Participant Observation in Popular Romance Studies Mosaic 47.2:33-49

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Roach, Catherine M. (2016) Happily Ever After: The Romance Story in Popular Culture Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press

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Burge, Amy Robinson, Rachel (2020) Review essay on The Sheik Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9:

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sheikh romance

Saint-Jacques, Denis (1990) " La recherche sur le roman sentimental au CRELIQ de l'Université de Laval " Le roman sentimental: actes du colloque des 14-15-16 mars 1989 à la Faculté des lettres de Limoges, volume 1 175-183

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Schell, Heather (2011) " The Love Life of a Fact " How Well Do Facts Travel? The Dissemination of Reliable Knowledge 429-453

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evolutionary psychology

Schwab, Sandra Martina (2013) Of Dragons, Knights, and Virgin Maidens: Dragonslaying and Gender Roles from Richard Johnson to Modern Popular Fiction Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier

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Scott, Alison M. (2002) " Romance in the Stacks; or, Popular Romance Fiction Imperiled " Scorned Literature: Essays on the History and Criticism of Popular Mass-Produced Fiction in America 213-224

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libraries/librarians

Selinger, Eric Murphy (2007) Rereading the Romance Contemporary Literature 48.2:307-324

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Selinger, Eric Murphy Frantz, Sarah S. G. (2012) " Introduction: New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction " New Approaches to Popular Romance Fiction: Critical Essays 1-19

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Loretta Chase

Selinger, Eric Murphy (2012) Nothing But Good Times Ahead: A Special Forum on Jennifer Crusie (Editor’s Introduction) Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.2:

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Moore, Kate Selinger, Eric Murphy (2012) The Heroine as Reader, the Reader as Heroine: Jennifer Crusie’s Welcome to Temptation Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.2:

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Selinger, Eric Murphy (2015) An Interview with Susan Elizabeth Phillips Journal of Popular Romance Studies 5.1:

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips

United States of America

Selinger, Eric Murphy Gleason, William A. (2016) " Introduction: Love as the Practice of Freedom? " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 1-21

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Nell Stark

Selinger, Eric Murphy (2018) Use Heart in Your (Re)Search: The Invitations of Popular Romance Researching the Romance, conference held at Bowling Green State University, on 13 April :

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teaching romance

Sherry Thomas

Kamblé, Jayashree Selinger, Eric Murphy Teo, Hsu-Ming (2021) " Introduction " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 1-23 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-25

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Selinger, Eric Murphy (2021) " Literary approaches " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 294-319 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-13

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Teo, Hsu-Ming Selinger, Eric Murphy Kamblé, Jayashree (2021) The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

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Selinger, Eric Murphy (2022) Cant and Canonicity Journal of Popular Romance Studies 11:

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teaching romance

Sheehan, Sarah E. (2022) The “Popular Romance Canon”: An Academic Librarian’s Response Journal of Popular Romance Studies 11:

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libraries/librarians

Spehner, Norbert (1997) L'Amour, toujours l'amour ...: The Popular Love Story and Romance: A Basic Checklist of Secondary Sources Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2:253-268

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Kamblé, Jayashree Selinger, Eric Murphy Teo, Hsu-Ming (2021) " Introduction " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 1-23 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-25

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Teo, Hsu-Ming Selinger, Eric Murphy Kamblé, Jayashree (2021) The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

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Thompson, Marcella Koski, Patricia Holyfield, Lori (1997) Romance and agency: An argument revisited Sociological Spectrum 17.4:437-451

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Vivanco, Laura (2020) Faith, Love, Hope and Popular Romance Fiction Online:

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

Justine Davis/Justine Dare

Suleikha Snyder