Romance
Romance has several different meanings in criticism and literature.
- Romance (genre) - the genre of romance novels, which elevate a romance plot above or equal to other plot elements (such as mystery, coming of age, quest, etc.)
- Romance - a generic name, commonly used in the 19th century, for lots of "non-serious" fiction, such as thrillers, adventure, gothic, etc.
- Ruritanian romance - stories, often adventure-based, featuring an imaginary Central or Eastern European country; see, e.g., The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Malafrena and Orsinian Tales by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Planetary romance - a
- Scientific romance - an older name for SF; sometimes reclaimed by new writers in steampunk or other genres drawing on traditions or settings of late 19th and early 20th century
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