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A bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
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[[category:Romance Scholarship]] [[category:Romance Resources]]
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This section has been divided up into the following sub-sections:
  
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Items with the "**" have not been personally checked. This means that the details given in the entry may not be entirely accurate.
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* [[:Category:Academics Who Write Romance|Academics Who Write Romance]]
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* [[Academic Online Essays (not published in academic journals or volumes)]]
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* '''Bibliography - last updated 2019'''
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** [[Bibliography A-C]] - the first part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
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** [[Bibliography D-G]] - the second part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
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** [[Bibliography H-L]] - the third part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
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** [[Bibliography M-O]] - the fourth part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
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** [[Bibliography P-S]] - the fifth part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
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** [[Bibliography T-Z]] - the final part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
  
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For romance-related resources which may be of interest to academics see the [[Romance Resources for Academics|Romance Resources for Academics]] page.
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* [https://rsdb.vivanco.me.uk/ Romance Scholarship DB] - created and updated by Dr Laura Vivanco
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* [[Scholarship in Languages Other than English|Bibliography of Scholarship in Languages Other than English]].
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* [[Dissertation Abstracts]]
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* [[Guides to the Genre]]
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* '''Romance in the Media''' - lists news items/features items about romance.
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** [[Romance in the Media A-I]] 
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** [[Romance in the Media J-Z]] 
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* [[Romance Resources for Academics|Romance Resources for Academics]] - lists romance-related resources which may be of interest to academics.
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* [[Writers on Romance]] - lists items written about the genre by romance authors but not published in academic journals or books.
  
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For items written about romance by romance authors but not published in academic journals or books see the [[Writers on Romance]] page.
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You may also be interested in our [[Chick Lit Academic Bibliography]] and [["Rom-Coms" Academic Bibliography]].
  
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For news items/features items about romance see the [[Romance in the Media]] page.
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See the [[:Category:Writing_Scholarships|Writing Scholarships Category]] if you're looking for scholarships available to romance writers and, in the case of the RWA grants, to scholars of the genre.
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;Alberts, J. K., 1986. : ‘The role of couples' conversations in relationship development: A content analysis of courtship talk in Harlequin romance novels’, ''Communication Quarterly'', 34: 127-142. **
 
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;Anderson, Rachel, 1974. : ''The Purple Heart Throbs: The Sub-literature of Love'' (London: Hodder and Stoughton).
 
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;Assiter, Alison, 1988. : ‘Romance Fiction, Porn for Women?’, in ''Perspectives on Pornography: Sexuality in Film and Literature'', ed. Gary Day & Clive Bloom (New York: St. Martin’s), pp. 101-112.**
 
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;Barrett, Rebecca Kaye, 2003. : ‘Higher Love: What Women Gain from Christian Romance Novels’, ''Journal of Religion and Popular Culture'', 4. [http://www.usask.ca/relst/jrpc/art4-higherlove.html]
 
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;Belsey, Catherine, 1993. : 'Writing About Desire', The Glasgow Review, 2. [http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/SESLL/STELLA/COMET/glasgrev/issue2/belsey.htm#Title]
 
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;Blake, Susan L., 2003. : 'What "Race" is the Sheik?: Rereading a Desert Romance', in ''Doubled Plots: Romance and History'', see below, pp. 67-85. **
 
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;Botts, Amber, 1999. : 'Cavewoman Impulses: The Jungian Shadow Archetype in Popular Romantic Fiction', in ''Romantic Conventions'', see below, pp. 62-??. **
 
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;Brackett, Kim Pettigrew, 2000. : "Facework strategies among romance fiction readers", ''The Social Science Journal'', 37.3: 347-60.
 
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;Breslin, Carol Ann, 1999. : 'Medieval Magic and Witchcraft in the Popular Romance Novel', in ''Romantic Conventions'', see below, pp. 75-??. **
 
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;Burley, Stephanie, 2003. : 'What's a Nice Girl like You Doing in a Book like This?: Homoerotic Reading and Popular Romance', in ''Doubled Plots: Romance and History'', see below, pp. 127-???. **
 
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;Burnett, Ann, & Rhea Reinhardt Beto, 2000. : ‘Reading Romance Novels: An Application of Parasocial Relationship Theory’, ''North Dakota Journal of Speech & Theatre'', 13. [http://www2.edutech.nodak.edu/ndsta/beto.htm]
 
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;Cadogan, Mary, 1994. : ''And Then Their Hearts Stood Still: An Exuberant Look at Romantic Fiction Past and Present'' (London: Macmillan).
 
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;Calhoun-French, Diane M., 1999. : 'Time-Travel and Related Phenomena in Contemporary Popular Romance Fiction', in ''Romantic Conventions'', see below, pp. 100-???. **
 
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;Capelle, Annick, 1996. : 'Harlequin Romances in Western Europe: The Cultural Interactions of Romantic Literature', in ''European Readings of American Popular Culture'', ed. John Dean & Jean-Paul Gabilliet (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press), pp. 91-???. **
 
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;Charles, Helen, 1995. : '(Not) Compromising: Inter-Skin Colour Relations', in ''Romance Revisited'' , ed. Jackie Stacey (New York: New York UP), pp. 197-209.
 
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;Christian-Smith, Linda K., 1990. : ''Becoming a Woman Through Romance'' (New York; London: Routledge).
 
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;Cohn, Jan, 1988. : Romance and the Erotics of Property: Mass-Market Fiction for Women (Durham and London: Duke UP). **
 
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;Coward, Rosalind, 1984. : 'An Overwhelming Desire', in ''Female Desire: Women’s Sexuality Today'' (London: Paladin Grafton Books), pp. 187-196. [This is the chapter which focuses on the romance.]
 
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;Crane, Lynda L., 1994. : 'Romance novel readers: in search of feminist change?', ''Women's Studies'', 23.3: 257-69.
 
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;Crawford, Mary, 1994. : 'Rethinking the Romance: Teaching the Content and Function of Gender Stereotypes in the Psychology of Women Course', ''Teaching of Psychology'', 21: 151-153. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=93953013 Fragment of Article] **
 
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;[[Jennifer Crusie|Crusie, Jennifer]], 1997. : ‘Romancing Reality: The Power of Romance Fiction to Reinforce and Re-Vision the Real’, [http://www.jennycrusie.com/essays/romancingreality.php], first published in ''Paradoxa: Studies in World Literary Genres'', 1-2: 81-93.
 
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;[[Jennifer Crusie|Crusie Smith, Jennifer]], 1999. : 'This Is Not Your Mother's Cinderella: The Romance Novel as Feminist Fairy Tale', in ''Romantic Conventions'', see below, pp. 51-61. [http://www.jennycrusie.com/essays/thisisnotyourmothers.php]
 
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;Dandridge, Rita B., 2003. : 'The Race, Gender, Romance Connection: A Black Feminist Reading of African American Women's Historical Romances', in ''Doubled Plots: Romance and History'', see below, pp. 185-???. **
 
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;Darbyshire, Peter, 2000. : ‘Romancing the World: [[Harlequin]] Romances, the Capitalist Dream, and the Conquest of Europe and Asia’, ''Studies in Popular Culture'' 23.1 [http://www.pcasacas.org/SPC/spcissues/23.1/darbyshire.htm]
 
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;Darbyshire, Peter, 2002. : ‘The Politics of Love: [[Harlequin]] Romances and the Christian Right’, ''Journal of Popular Culture'' (Popular Culture Center, Bowling Green State Univ., OH) (35:4) [Spring 2002]: 75-87.
 
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;Diekman, A. B., McDonald, M., & Gardner, W. L., 2000. : 'Love Means Never Having To Be Careful: The Relationship Between Reading Romance Novels and Safe Sex Behavior', ''Psychology of Women Quarterly'', 24.2: 179 - 188. [http://serials.cib.unibo.it/cgi-ser/start/it/spogli/df-s.tcl?prog_art=3106218&language=ITALIANO&view=articoli Abstract] **
 
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;Dixon, jay, 1999. : ''The Romance Fiction of [[Mills and Boon|Mills & Boon]] 1909-1990s'' (London: UCL Press).
 
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;[http://www.upress.state.ms.us/catalog/fall2003/doubled_plots.html Doubled Plots: Romance and History], 2003. : eds. Susan Strehle and Mary Paniccia Carden (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi).
 
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;Douglas, Ann, 1980. : 'Soft-Porn Culture: Punishing the Liberated Woman.' ''The New Republic'' Vol.183, No.9 (August 30, 1980): 25-29.
 
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;Dubino, Jeanne. 1993. : “The Cinderella Complex: Romance Fiction, Patriarchy, and Capitalism.” ''Journal of Popular Culture'', 27.3: 103-118.
 
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;Ebert, Teresa L., 1988. : 'The Romance of Patriarchy: Ideology, Subjectivity, and Postmodern Feminist Cultural Theory', ''Cultural Critique'', 10: 19-57.
 
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;Flesch, Juliet, 2004. : ''From Australia With Love: A History of Modern Australian Popular Romance Novels'' (Fremantle, W.A.: Curtin University Books).
 
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;Fox, Pamela, 1994. : 'The "Revolt of the Gentle": Romance and the Politics of Resistance in Working-Class Women's Writing', ''NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction'', 27.2: 140-160.
 
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;Frantz, Sarah S. G. : "'Expressing' Herself:  The Romance Novel and the Feminine Will to Power,"  in ''Scorned Literature:  Essays on the History and Criticism of Popular Mass-Produced Fiction in America.''  Eds. Lydia Cushman Schurman and Deidre Johnson.  Connecticut:  Greenwood Press, 2002.  17-36.
 
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;Frenier, Mariam Darce, 1988. : ''Good-bye Heathcliff: Changing Heroes, Heroines, Roles, and Values in Women’s [[Category]] Romances'', Contributions in Women’s Studies, no. 94. (New York: Greenwood Press). **
 
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;Ganguly, Keya. 1991. : 'Alien(ated) Readers: Harlequin Romances and the Politics of Popular Culture', ''Communication'', 12: 129-50. **
 
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;Grescoe, Paul, 1996. : ''The Merchants of Venus: Inside [[Harlequin]] and the Empire of Romance'' (Vancouver, B.C.: Raincoast). **
 
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;Heinecken, Dawn, 1999. : 'Changing Ideologies in Romance Fiction', in ''Romantic Conventions'', see below, pp. 149-???. **
 
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;Hermes, Joke, 1992. : ‘Sexuality in Lesbian Romance Fiction’, ''Feminist Review'', 42: 49-66.
 
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;Hinnant, Charles H., 2003.  :  "Desire and the Marketplace: A Reading of Kathleen Woodiwiss's The Flame and the Flower," in ''Doubled Plots: Romance and History'', see above, pp. 147-164.
 
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;Hubbard, Rita C., 1992. :  'Magic and Transformation: Relationships in Popular Romance Novels, 1950 to the 1980s', in ''Popular Culture: An Introductory Text'', ed. Kevin Lause & Jack Nachbar (Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press), pp. 476-488. **
 
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;Jarvis, Christine, 1995. : 'Romancing the curriculum: empowerment through popular culture',''Convergence'', 28.3: 71-7.
 
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;Jensen, Margaret Ann, 1984. : ''Love's $weet Return: The [[Harlequin]] Story'' (Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University Popular Press). **
 
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;Johnson-Kurek, Rosemary E., 1999. : ' "I Am Not a Bimbo": Persona, Promotion, and the Fabulous Fabio', in ''Romantic Conventions'', see below, pp. 35-??. **
 
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;Johnson-Kurek, Rosemary E., 1999. : 'Leading Us into Temptation: The Language of Sex and the Power of Love', in ''Romantic Conventions'', see below, pp. 113-???. **
 
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;Jones, Ann Rosalind, 1986. : ‘[[Mills and Boon|Mills & Boon]] Meets Feminism’, in ''The Progress of Romance: The Politics of Popular Fiction'', ed. Jean Radford (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul), pp. 195-218.
 
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;Juhasz, Suzanne, 1988. : ‘Texts to Grow On: Reading Women’s Romance Fiction’, ''Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature'', 7:2: 239-259.
 
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;Juhasz, Suzanne, 1998. : 'Lesbian Romance Fiction and the Plotting of Desire: Narrative Theory, Lesbian Identity, and Reading Practice', ''Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature'', 17.1: 65-82.
 
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;Kaler, Anne K., 1999. : 'Conventions of Captivity in Romance Novels', in ''Romance Conventions'', see below, pp. 86-??. **
 
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;Kaler, Anne K., 1999. : ' Hero, Heroine, or HERA: A New Name for an Old Problem', in ''Romantic Conventions'', see below, pp. 187-???. **
 
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;Kramer, Daniela & Moore, Michael, 2001. : ‘Gender Roles, Romantic Fiction and Family Therapy’, ''Psycoloquy'' 12,#24 [http://psycprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/archive/00000153/]
 
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;[[Jayne Ann Krentz|Krentz, Jayne Ann]], Ed. : ''Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance.'' (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992).
 
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;Light, Alison. 1984. : ‘Returning to Manderley – Romance Fiction, Female Sexuality and Class’, ''Feminist Review'', 16: 7-25.
 
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;Litton, Joyce, 1994. : 'From Seventeenth Summer to Miss Teen Sweet Valley: Female and Male Sex Roles in Teen Romances, 1942-91', in ''Images of the Child'', ed. Harry Eiss (Bowling Green, OH: Popular), pp. 19-34.
 
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;Margolies, David, 1982. : ‘[[Mills and Boon|Mills & Boon]] -- Guilt without sex’, ''Red Letters'', 14: 5-13. **
 
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;Markert, John, 1985. : 'Romance Publishing and the Production of Culture', ''Poetics'', 14: 1-25. **
 
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;Marks, Pamela. 1999. : 'The Good Provider in Romance Novels', in ''Romantic Conventions'', see below, pp. 10-22. **
 
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;Masteller, Jean Carwile, 1996. : 'Romancing the Reader: From Laura Jean Libbey to [[Harlequin]] Romance and Beyond', in ''Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes: Dime Novels, Series Books, and Paperbacks'', ed. Larry E. Sullivan, and Lydia Cushman Schurman (New York: Haworth Press). **
 
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;McAleer, Joseph, 1999. : ''Passion's Fortune: The Story of [[Mills and Boon|Mills & Boon]]'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press). **
 
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;McCaffery, Kate, 1994. : ‘Palimpsest of Desire: The Re-Emergence of the American Captivity Narrative as Pulp Romance’, ''Journal of Popular Culture'', 27.4: 43-56. **
 
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;McKnight-Trontz, Jennifer, 2002. : ''The Look of Love: The Art of the Romance Novel'' (Princeton Architectural Press). ** [This is about the cover art of romance novels from the 1940s to the 1970s]
 
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;Miles, Angela, 1988. : ‘Confessions of a [[Harlequin]] Reader: Learning Romance and the Myth of Male Mothers’, ''Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory'', 12, no. 1-2: 1-36. **
 
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;Mitchell, Karen S., 1996. : ‘Ever After: Reading the Women Who Read (and Re-Write) Romances’, ''Theatre Topics'', 6.1: 51-69. [As might be supposed from the title of the Journal, this is about drama: the author 'decided to stage a performance centered on the popular romance genre and the women who read these novels']
 
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;Modleski, Tania, 1980. : ‘The Disappearing Act: A Study of [[Harlequin]] Romances’, ''Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society'' 5: 435-448.
 
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;Modleski, Tania, 1982. : ''Loving with a Vengeance: Mass-produced fantasies for women'' (New York: Routledge).
 
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;Morgan, Paula, 2003. : “Like Bush Fire in My Arms”: Interrogating the World of Caribbean Romance, ''Journal of Popular Culture'' 36.4: 804-827.
 
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;Mulhern, Chieko Irie, 1989. : 'Japanese Harlequin Romances as Transcultural Woman's Fiction', ''The Journal of Asian Studies'', 48.1: 50-70.
 
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;Mussell, Kay, 1984. : ''Fantasy and Reconciliation: Contemporary Formulas of Women's Romance Fiction'' (Westport CT: Greenwood Press). **
 
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;Neal, Lynn S, 2006. : ''Romancing God: Evangelical Women and Inspirational Fiction'' (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press).
 
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;''North American Romance Writers'', 1999. : ed. Kay Mussell and Johanna Tuñón (Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press).
 
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;Nyquist, Mary, 1993. : 'Romance in the Forbidden Zone', in ''ReImagining Women: Representations of Women in Culture'', ed. Shirley  Neuman(ed. & introd.)and Glennis Stephenson (Toronto: U of Toronto Press),pp. 160-81.
 
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;Parameswaran Radhika, 1999. : 'Western Romance Fiction as English-Language Media in Postcolonial India', ''Journal of Communication'', 49.3: 84-105. [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/article?title=romance+fiction+postcolonial+india&title_type=tka&year_from=1998&year_to=2005&database=1&pageSize=20&index=2 Abstract] PDF [http://joc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/49/3/84.pdf]
 
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;Parameswaran, Radhika, 2002. : 'Reading Fictions of Romance: Gender, Sexuality, and Nationalism in Postcolonial India', ''Journal of Communication'', 52.4: 832-851. [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/article?title=romance+fiction+postcolonial+india&title_type=tka&year_from=1998&year_to=2005&database=1&pageSize=20&index=1 Abstract] PDF[http://joc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/52/4/832.pdf]
 
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;Philips Deborah, 2000. : 'Shopping for Men: The Single Woman Narrative', ''Women: a Cultural Review'', 11.3: 238-251. [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/article?title=philips+shopping+for+men&title_type=tka&year_from=1998&year_to=2005&database=1&pageSize=20&index=1 Abstract]
 
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;Puri, Jyoti, 1997. : ‘Reading Romance Novels in Postcolonial India’, ''Gender & Society'', 11.4: 434-452.
 
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;Rabine, Leslie W., 1985. : ‘Romance in the Age of Electronics: Harlequin Enterprises’, ''Feminist Studies'' 11.1: 39-60.
 
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;Radway, Janice A., 1983. : ‘Women Read the Romance: The Interaction of Text and Context’, ''Feminist Studies'', 9.1: 53-78.
 
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;Radway, Janice A., 1991. : ''Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature''  (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press). First published in 1984. The 1991 edition contains a new introduction by the author.
 
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;Regis, Pamela, 2003. : ''A Natural History of the Romance Novel'' (Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press).
 
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;Ricker-Wilson, Carol, 1999. : ‘Busting Textual Bodices: Gender, Reading, and the Popular Romance’, ''English Journal'', 88:3: 57-64.
 
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;[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=101551297 Romantic Conventions], 1999. : Anne K. Kaler and Rosemary E. Johnson-Kurek, eds.  (Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press).
 
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;Ryder, M. E., 1999. : 'Smoke and mirrors: Event patterns in the discourse structure of a romance novel', ''Journal of Pragmatics'', 31.8: 1067-1080. [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/article?title=smoke+mirrors+romance&title_type=tka&year_from=1998&year_to=2005&database=1&pageSize=20&index=1 Abstract] **
 
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;Scott, Alison M. 2002. : 'Romance in the Stacks; or, Popular Romance Fiction Imperiled', in ''Scorned Literature: Essays on the History and Criticism of Popular Mass-Produced Fiction in America'', ed. Lydia Cushman Schurman and Deidre Johnson, Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture, 75 (Westport, CT: Greenwood),pp. 213-224.
 
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;Shapiro, Joan, & Lee Kroeger, 1991. : ‘Is Life a Romantic Novel? The Relationship Between Attitudes About Intimate Relationships and the Popular Media’, ''American Journal of Family Therapy'', 19.3: 226-236. **
 
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;Snitow, Ann Barr, 1979. : ‘Mass Market Romance: Pornography for Women is Different’, ''Radical History Review'' 20 (Spring/Summer 1979):141-61. Republished in ''Powers of Desire: The Politics of Sexuality'' 1983., ed. Ann Snitow, Christine Stansell & Sharon Thompson (New York: Monthly Review Press), pp. 245-263. Republished in "Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader", ed. Mary Eagleton. New York: Basil Blacwell, 1986.
 
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;Stacey, Jackie & Lynne Pearce, 1995. : 'The Heart of the Matter: Feminists Revisit Romance', in ''Romance Revisited'', ed. Lynne Pearce & Jackie Stacey (New York: New York University Press), pp. 11-??. **
 
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;Stotesbury, John A., 2004 : 'Genre and Islam in Recent Anglophone Romantic Fiction', in ''Refracting the Canon in Contemporary British Literature and Film'', ed. Christian Gutleben & Susana Onega, Postmodern Studies, 35 (Amsterdam: Rodopi), pp. 69-82. [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rodopi/pms/2004/00000035/00000001/art00004 Abstract] **
 
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;Teo, Hsu-Ming, 2004. : 'Romancing the Raj: Interracial Relations in Anglo-Indian Romance Novels', ''History of Intellectual Culture'', 4.1.[http://www.ucalgary.ca/hic/website/2004vol4no1/framesets/2004vol4no1teoarticleframeset.htm]
 
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;[[Julie Tetel|Tetel Andresen, Julie]], 1999. : 'Postmodern Identity (Crisis): Confessions of a Linguistic Historiographer and Romance Writer', in ''Romantic Conventions'', see above, pp. 173-???. **
 
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;Thurston, Carol, 1987. : ''The Romance Revolution: Erotic Novels for Women and the Quest for a New Sexual Identity'' (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press).
 
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;Timson, Beth S. : ‘The Drug Store Novel: Popular Romantic Fiction and the Mainstream Tradition’, ''Studies in Popular Culture'', 6: 88-96. **
 
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;Treacher, Amal, 1988. : ‘What is life without my love: Desire and romantic fiction’, in ''Sweet Dreams – Sexuality, Gender and Popular Fiction'', ed. Susannah Radstone (London: Lawrence & Wishart), pp. 73-90. **
 
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;Wareing, Shan, 1994. : 'And Then He Kissed Her: The Reclamation of Female Characters to Submissive Roles in Contemporary Fiction', ''Essays and Studies (E&S)'', 47: 117-36.
 
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;Wardrop, Stephanie, 1997. : 'Last of the Red Hot Mohicans: Miscegenation in the Popular American Romance', ''MELUS'', 22. 2, Popular Literature and Film: 61-74.
 
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;Weisser, Susan Ostrov. 1994. : 'The Wonderful-Terrible Bitch Figure in [[Harlequin]] Novels', in ''Feminist Nightmares: Women at Odds: Feminism and the Problem of Sisterhood'', ed. Susan Ostrov Weisser and Jennifer Fleischner (New York: New York University Press), pp. 269-82. **
 
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;Westman, Karin E., 2003. : 'A Story of Her Weaving: The Self-Authoring Heroines of Georgette Heyer's Regency Romance', in ''Doubled Plots: Romance and History'', see above, pp. 165-184. **
 
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;Whissell, Cynthia, 1996. : ‘Mate Selection in Popular Women's Fiction’, ''Human Nature'', 7: 427-447. **
 
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;Wood, Helen, 2004. : 'What Reading the Romance Did for Us', ''European Journal of Cultural Studies'', 7.2:147-54.
 
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;Wood, Julia T., 2001. : 'The normalization of violence in heterosexual romantic relationships: Women's narratives of love and violence', ''Journal of Social and Personal Relationships'', 18.2: 239-261.** There is an [http://spr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/18/2/239 abstract] and a [http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jul01/rom072301.htm press release] reporting Wood's findings.
 
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;Woodruff, Juliette, 1985. : 'A spate of words, full of sound & fury, signifying nothing: or, How to read in Harlequin', ''Journal of Popular Culture'', 19:25-32.
 
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; Zidle, Abby, 1999. : 'From Bodice-Ripper to Baby-Sitter: The New Hero in Mass-Market Romance', in ''Romantic Conventions'', see above, pp. 23-??. **
 

Latest revision as of 15:49, 24 May 2021

This section has been divided up into the following sub-sections:

You may also be interested in our Chick Lit Academic Bibliography and "Rom-Coms" Academic Bibliography.

See the Writing Scholarships Category if you're looking for scholarships available to romance writers and, in the case of the RWA grants, to scholars of the genre.