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Academics Who Write Romance
Academic Online Essays (not published in academic journals or volumes)
Bibliography A-G - the first part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
Bibliography H-O - the second part of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
Bibliography P-Z - the end of our bibliography of academic articles and books about romance.
Bibliography of Scholarship in Languages Other than English.
Dissertation Abstracts
Romance in the Media - lists news items/features items about romance.
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.

Charles, John, Shelley Mosley, Joanne Hamilton-Selway, and Sandra Van Winkle, 2007.: Romance Today: An A-to-Z Guide to Contemporary American Romance Writers (Westport, Conn: Greenwood Publishers). Table of Contents from WorldCat.

Fallon, Eileen, 1984.: Words of Love: A Complete Guide to Romance Fiction (New York: Garland). Some further details via Google Books

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

Mussell, Kay and Johanna Tuñon, 1999.: North American Romance Writers: 1985-1995 (Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow).

Ramsdell, Kristin. 1987.: Happily Ever After: A Guide to Reading Interests in Romance Fiction (Littleton, Colo: Libraries Unlimited).

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

Vasudevan, Aruna (ed.) and Lesley Henderson (consulting editor), 1994.: Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers (London: St. James). [Preface to the 1st and 2nd eds. by Kay Mussell; preface to the 3rd ed. by Alison Light.]

Vinson, James (ed.) and D.L. Kirkpatrick (associate ed.), 1982.: Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers (Detroit, MI: Gale). [With a preface by Kay Mussell.]

What Romance Do I Read Next?: A Reader's Guide to Recent Romance Fiction, 1997.: (Detroit: Gale).

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 ;Fallon, Eileen, 1984. : ''Words of Love: A Complete Guide to Romance Fiction'' (New York: Garland). [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZzZaAAAAMAAJ&source=gbs_ViewAPI&pgis=1 Some further details via Google Books]
-;''Happily Ever After: A Guide to Reading Interests in Romance Fiction'' 1987. : (Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc;, 1987).
 ;Mussell, Kay, 1981. : ''Women's Gothic and Romantic Fiction: A Reference Guide'' (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood).
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 ;Mussell, Kay and Johanna Tuñon, 1999. : ''North American Romance Writers: 1985-1995'' (Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow).
-;''Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre'', 1999. : (Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999).
+;Ramsdell, Kristin. 1987. : ''Happily Ever After: A Guide to Reading Interests in Romance Fiction'' (Littleton, Colo: Libraries Unlimited).
+;Ramsdell, Kristin, 1999. : ''Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre'' (Englewood, Colo: Libraries Unlimited).
 ;Vasudevan, Aruna (ed.) and Lesley Henderson (consulting editor), 1994. : ''Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers'' (London: St. James). [Preface to the 1st and 2nd eds. by Kay Mussell; preface to the 3rd ed. by Alison Light.]