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Romance as defined by Samuel Johnson in his A Dictionary of the English Language of 1756. The first edition being 1755, there is no reason to assume that it was different. Romance is defined as a "military fable of the middle ages; a tale of wild adventures in war and love. Milton. Waller. Dryden." It is also defined as "a lie; a fiction." From the lemma romantick is omitted (because it is on the next column): "3. Fanciful; full of wild scenery. Thomson."
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Romance as defined by Samuel Johnson in his A Dictionary of the English Language of 1756. The first edition being 1755, there is no reason to assume that it was different. Romance is defined as a "military fable of the middle ages; a tale of wild adventures in war and love. Milton. Waller. Dryden." It is also defined as "a lie; a fiction." From the lemma romantick is omitted (because it is on the next column): "3. Fanciful; full of wild scenery. Thomson."

"Romances are generally composed of the constant loves and invincible courages of heroes, heroins, kings and queens, mortals of the first rank, and so forth; where lofty language, miraculous contingencies and impossible performances, elevate and surprise the reader into a giddy delight. […] Novels are of a more familiar nature; come near us, and represent to us intrigues in practice, delight us with accidents and odd events. […] Romances give more of wonder, novels more delight."--Incognita: or, Love and Duty reconcil'd (1692) by William Congreve

"Time and again, in the world's history, where East meets West, the spirit of romance has been born. Herodotus on his travels, Heliodorus carrying Ethiopian traditions to his bishopric, Apuleius the Carthaginian sojourning at Rome, are all parents of prose romance; and in mediaeval legend, Alexander in correspondence with the Brahmins, Charlemagne in conflict with the Moors, furnish the same unfailing inspiration."--The English Novel (1894) by Walter Raleigh

Ill-Matched Lovers (c. 1520/1525) by Quentin Matsys
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Romance or romantic usually refers to a love affair which emphasizes emotion over libido.

During a long time in English history, the term romance (i. e. chivalric romance) was used to refer to what we now call novels.

The term romance stems from vulgar Latin rōmānicē, "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin"). Ultimately it stems from Rome.

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  • Hellenistic romance, or Ancient Greek romance, a modern term for the genre of the five surviving Ancient Greek novels
  • Chivalric romance , a genre of medieval and Renaissance narrative fiction
  • Romance novel, a genre of fiction focused on romantic love
  • Romance languages, such as, but not limited to, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian
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