Adams, Kathleen Barzun (2003) Thirty years of change: heroes, heroines, and the popular romance MA thesis, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut Topic gender
Coddington, Lynn (1997) Romance and Power: Writing Romance Novels as a Practice of Critical Literacy PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Coddington, Lynn (1997) Wavering Between Worlds: Feminist Influences in the Romance Genre Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2:58-77 Topic trash/literary and or intellectual quality feminism Barbara McMahon Ruth Wind/Barbara Samuel/Barbara O'Neal gender emotions Jennifer Crusie
Blodgett, Jan (1997) Protestant Evangelical Literary Culture and Contemporary Society Westport: Greenwood Press Topic Christian romance religion/spirituality Janette Oke rural romance historical romance Hilda Stahl Leonora Pruner Leslie Holden Lurlene McDaniel Mary LaPietra
Clawson, Laura (2005) Cowboys and Schoolteachers: Gender in Romance Novels, Secular and Christian Sociological Perspectives 48.4:461-479 DOI: 10.1525/sop.2005.48.4.461 Topic Christian romance family gender United States of America work sex/sexuality religion/spirituality sociology
Christian-Smith, Linda K. (1994) "Young Women and Their Dream Lovers: Sexuality in Adolescent Fiction " Sexual Cultures and the Construction of Adolescent Identities 206-227 Topic YA/young adult/teenage/new adult/NA romance sex/sexuality