Arslan, Antonia Pozzato, Maria Pia (1989) " Il rosa " Letteratura italiana. Storia e geografia, III, L'età contemporanea 1027-1046 Topic Italy
Balducci, Federica (2011) A Different Shade of Pink: Literary Thresholds and Cultural Intersections in Italian Chick Lit PhD, Victoria University of Wellington Topic Italy
Balducci, Federica (2011) Rethinking Romanzo Rosa: The first person narrator and changing gender roles in Brunella Gasperini’s Rosso di sera Italian Studies in Southern Africa/Studi d'Italianistica nell'Africa Australe 24.1:103-126 Topic Italy Brunella Gasperini Publishing gender YA/teenage romance sex/sexuality
Balducci, Federica (2011) When chick lit meets romanzo rosa: Intertextual narratives in Stefania Bertola’s romantic fiction Journal of Popular Romance Studies 2.1: Topic Stefania Bertola chick lit Italy Publishing Liala, pen name of Amalia Liana Cambiasi Negretti Odescalchi
Bianchi, Diana D'Arcangelo, Adele (2015) Translating History or Romance? Historical Romantic Fiction and Its Translation in a Globalised Market Linguistics and Literature Studies 3.5:248-253 Topic translation historical romance Diana Gabaldon trash/literary and or intellectual quality genre definitions Christian romance Italy Scotland
Brodesco, Alberto (2009) " Harmony: L’amore in edicola " Una galassia rosa: Ricerche sulla letteratura femminile di consumo 37-83 Topic Publishing Italy Harlequin Mills & Boon
Bianchi, Diana D'Arcangelo, Adele (2015) Translating History or Romance? Historical Romantic Fiction and Its Translation in a Globalised Market Linguistics and Literature Studies 3.5:248-253 Topic translation historical romance Diana Gabaldon trash/literary and or intellectual quality genre definitions Christian romance Italy Scotland
Escolar, Marisa (2015) Marry the Allies? Luciana Peverelli’s ‘True’ Romanzo Rosa in ‘Liberated’ Rome Italian Studies 70.2:228-248 Topic Luciana Peverelli Italy national identity fascism/right-wing authoritarianism race/ethnicity war/armed forces sex/sexuality UK
Escolar, Marisa (2019) Allied Encounters: The Gendered Redemption of World War II Italy New York: Fordham University Press Topic Luciana Peverelli Italy
Forte, Gioacchino (1966) I persuasori rosa: sociologia curiosa del rotocalco femminile in Italia Naples: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane Topic Italy romances in magazines and newspapers sociology
Innocenti, Daniela C. (2012) L'amore tradotto. Harlequin vs Harmony e l’evoluzione di un romanzo rosa intraduzione: da Plain Jane MacAllister a Il tempo ritrovato Tesi di laurea specialistica, Università di Pisa Topic translation Harlequin Mills & Boon Italy Joan Elliott Pickart
Martínez Garrido, Elisa (2000) Bildungsroman y crítica de género: Novela rosa y narrativa de mujeres Cuadernos de filología italiana :529-546 Topic Italy Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) gender love fairytales/folktales
Pierini, Francesca (2020) Olive Skin, Chocolate Eyes: The Legacy of The Sheik on Descriptive Patterns of the Italian Romantic Hero in Harlequin Short Contemporaries Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: Topic Italy national identity Harlequin Mills & Boon race/ethnicity gender E. M. Hull metaphor/symbolism animals
Pierini, Francesca (2020) “He Looks like He’s Stepped out of a Painting:” The Idealization and Appropriation of Italian Timelessness through the Experience of Romantic Love Journal of Popular Romance Studies 9: Topic Italy history Shakespeare Marina Fiorato Anne Fortier work race/ethnicity
Pierini, Francesca (2022) " “Roma” spelled backwards: love and heterotopic space in contemporary romance novels set in Italy " The Routledge Companion to Romantic Love DOI:10.4324/9781003022343-28 Topic Italy settings
Arslan, Antonia Pozzato, Maria Pia (1989) " Il rosa " Letteratura italiana. Storia e geografia, III, L'età contemporanea 1027-1046 Topic Italy
Raineri, Rosalia (2019) Verde bianco e rosa. Il romanzo 'femminile' e l'educazione sentimentale delle italiane (1911-1946) PhD, Università degli Studi di Palermo Topic Annie Vivanti/Annie Vivanti Chartres Mura Luciana Peverelli Italy national identity gender Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) linguistics family
Vani, Christina (2018) Immortal Words: The Language and Style of the Contemporary Italian Undead-Romance Novel PhD, University of Toronto Topic paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance Italy