Matelski, Elizabeth (2016) ""I'm Not the Only Lesbian Who Wears a Skirt": Lesbian Romance Fiction and Identity in Post-World War II America " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 71-88 Topic LGBTQ+ characters, readers and/or authors fashion/clothing United States of America gender Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) history metafiction Claire Morgan/Patricia Highsmith lesbian romance Valerie Taylor Ann Bannon Rita Mae Brown
Masteller, Jean Carwile (1996) "Romancing the Reader: From Laura Jean Libbey to Harlequin Romance and Beyond " Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes: Dime Novels, Series Books, and Paperbacks 263-284 DOI:10.4324/9780203046852-26 Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Laura Jean Libbey romances in magazines and newspapers Publishing work social/economic class Harlequin Mills & Boon sex/sexuality Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle metafiction
Sullivan, Larry E. Schurman, Lydia Cushman (1996) Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes: Dime Novels, Series Books, and Paperbacks New York: Haworth Press
Gleason, William A. (2016) "Postbellum, Pre-Harlequin: American Romance Publishing in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 57-70 Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) romances in magazines and newspapers Publishing United States of America Lucille Hollis Charlotte M. Brame paratext
Serafine, Amelia (2016) ""He Filled My Heart with Doubt": The Southern Belle's Love and Duty in the Civil War " Romance Fiction and American Culture: Love as the Practice of Freedom? 41-55 Topic history United States of America Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Augusta Jane Evans death war/armed forces religion/spirituality gender Edward Bulwer-Lytton readers