Short, Christopher Brown (1996) The history of romance illustration and the romance novel cover MA thesis, Syracuse University Topic paratext
Savinainen, Raija (2001) Gender-specific features of male/female interaction in a popular romantic novel by Barbara Cartland Pro gradu thesis, University of Jyväskylä Topic linguistics Barbara Cartland gender
Sanyal, Madhuparna (2008) Re-imagining the late-colonial Anglo-Indian woman's romance: Reading Maud Diver PhD, Drew University Topic Maud Diver India UK race/ethnicity Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Rampure, Archana (2005) Doctors in the Darkness: Reading Race, Gender, and History in the Popular Medical Romance PhD, University of Toronto Topic medical romance race/ethnicity UK Olivia Gates war/armed forces national identity Harlequin Mills & Boon United States of America feminism work Juliet Shore/Anne Vinton Debbie Macomber health/medical history Lucy Agnes Hancock Louise Gerard Helen Dore Boylston Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway Charlotte Lamb Africa war/armed forces
Potter, Jane Elizabeth (1998) Boys in khaki, girls in print: women's literary responses to the great war, 1914-1918 D.Phil, University of Oxford Topic war/armed forces national identity