Williamson, Margaret (1986) "The Greek romance " The Progress of Romance: The Politics of Popular Fiction 23-45 Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Chariton Xenophon of Ephesus Achilles Tatius Longus Heliodorus love rural romance
Montague, Holly W. (1994) "From Interlude in Arcady to Daphnis and Chloe: Two Thousand Years of Erotic Fantasy " The Search for the Ancient Novel 391-401 Topic Longus Achilles Tatius Margery Hilton rural romance social/economic class paratext disability metaphor/symbolism sex/sexuality rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse feminism gender Heliodorus
Hendricks, Margo (2022) Race and Romance: Coloring the Past : Arizona State University Topic race/ethnicity Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Heliodorus Beverly Jenkins Margo Hendricks/Elysabeth Grace trash/literary and or intellectual quality genre definitions