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| − | A bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
| + | [[category:Romance Scholarship]] [[category:Romance Resources]] |
| | + | 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.
| + | * [[:Category:Academics Who Write Romance|Academics Who Write Romance]] |
| | + | * [[Academic Online Essays (not published in academic journals or volumes)]] |
| | + | * '''Bibliography - last updated 2019''' |
| | + | ** [[Bibliography A-C]] - the first part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance. |
| | + | ** [[Bibliography D-G]] - the second part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance. |
| | + | ** [[Bibliography H-L]] - the third part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance. |
| | + | ** [[Bibliography M-O]] - the fourth part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance. |
| | + | ** [[Bibliography P-S]] - the fifth part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance. |
| | + | ** [[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.
| + | * [https://rsdb.vivanco.me.uk/ Romance Scholarship DB] - created and updated by Dr Laura Vivanco |
| | + | * [[Scholarship in Languages Other than English|Bibliography of Scholarship in Languages Other than English]]. |
| | + | * [[Dissertation Abstracts]] |
| | + | * [[Guides to the Genre]] |
| | + | * '''Romance in the Media''' - lists news items/features items about romance. |
| | + | ** [[Romance in the Media A-I]] |
| | + | ** [[Romance in the Media J-Z]] |
| | + | * [[Romance Resources for Academics|Romance Resources for Academics]] - lists romance-related resources which may be of interest to academics. |
| | + | * [[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.
| + | 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.
| + | 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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| − | ;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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| − | ;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. Coward sees the hero as a father-substitute, with the heroine achieving a sort of power when she takes the place of the mother by marrying the hero/father. Her power is seen as limited, however, since it is domestic.]
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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'', ed. Anne Kaler and Rosemary Johnson-Kurek (see below), pp. 51-61. [http://www.jennycrusie.com/essays/thisisnotyourmothers.php]
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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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| − | ;''Doubled Plots: Romance and History'', : Susan Strehle and Mary Paniccia Carden, eds. UP of Mississippi, 2003.
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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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| − | ;Grescoe, Paul, 1996. : ''The Merchants of Venus: Inside [[Harlequin]] and the Empire of Romance'' (Vancouver, B.C.: Raincoast). **
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| − | ;Hermes, Joke, 1992. : ‘Sexuality in Lesbian Romance Fiction’, ''Feminist Review'', 42: 49-66.
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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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| − | ;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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| − | ;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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| − | ;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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| − | ;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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| − | ;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. : 'Approaches to Postwar Japanese Literature: 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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| − | ;Parameswaran R., 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] **
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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] **
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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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| − | ;''Romantic Conventions'', 1999. : Anne K. Kaler and Rosemary E. Johnson-Kurek, eds. 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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| − | ;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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| − | ;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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| − | ;Whissell, Cynthia, 1996. : ‘Mate Selection in Popular Women's Fiction’, ''Human Nature'', 7: 427-447. **
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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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