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1557:, Roland, though betrothed to Oliver's sister, does not think of her during the course of events. The themes of love were, however, to soon appear, particularly in the Matter of Britain, leading to even the French regarding King Arthur's court as the exemplar of true and noble love, so much so that even the earliest writers about courtly love would claim it had reached its true excellence there, and love was not what it was in King Arthur's day. A perennial theme was
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1464:), the behavior of Lancelot conforms to the courtly love ideal; it also, though still full of adventure, devotes an unprecedented amount of time to dealing with the psychological aspects of the love. By the end of the 14th century, counter to the earliest formulations, many French and English romances combined courtly love, with love sickness and devotion on the man's part, with the couple's subsequent marriage; this featured in
1948:(Byzantium) – including their love affairs – and where a predominantly oral tradition which survived in the Balkans and Anatolia until modern times. This genre may have intermingled with its Western counterparts during the long occupation of Byzantine territories by French and Italian knights after the 4th crusade. This is suggested by later works in the Greek language which show influences from both traditions.
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of the Middle Ages by the changes of the 12th century, which introduced courtly and chivalrous themes into the works. This occurred regardless of congruity to the source material; Alexander the Great featured as a fully feudal king. Chivalry was treated as continuous from Roman times. This extended
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and many others. As time progressed, a new persecutor appeared: a courtier who was rejected by the woman or whose ambition requires her removal, and who accuses her of adultery or high treason, motifs not duplicated in fairy tales. While he never eliminates the mother-in-law, many romances such as
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by heavy use of marvelous events, the elements of love, and the frequent use of a web of interwoven stories, rather than a simple plot unfolding about a main character. The earliest forms were invariably in verse, but the 15th century saw many in prose, often retelling the old, rhymed versions.
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and other 16th-century literary works in the romance genre. The romances were freely drawn upon for royal pageantry. Queen
Elizabeth I's Accession Day tilts, for instance, drew freely on the multiplicity of incident from romances for the knights' disguises. Knights even assumed the names of
1433:. Ovid was used as a source for tales of Jason and Medea, which were cast in romance in a more fairy-tale-like form, probably closer to the older forms than Ovid's rhetoric. It also drew upon the traditions of magic that were attributed to such figures as Virgil.
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identified a basic form for this genre and it involved an order that began with initial situation, then followed by departure, complication, first move, second move, and resolution. This structure is also applicable to romance narratives.
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reappeared in romance, endowed with a fairy mother who arrived in a ship with silk sails and departed when forced to behold the sacrament, bare-handed combat with a lion, magical rings, and prophetic dreams.
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also lampoons the faded conventions of chivalrous romance, from an ironic, consciously realistic viewpoint. Some of the magical and exotic atmosphere of
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used the term to distinguish his works as romances rather than novels, and literary criticism of the 19th century often accepted the contrast between the romance and the novel, in such works as
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the structure that held the narrative together. With regards to the structure, scholars recognize the similarity of the romance to folk tales.
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3387:. University of California Press. p. 161.
2991:Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature
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1940:and his fellow frontiersmen) resemble much the
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1973:– usually cited as 1764 at the publication of
1710:Another trend of the high Middle Ages was the
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3487:O'Connor, Flannery (1984).
3106:Keen, Maurice Hugh (1989).
2507:The Tale of Igor's Campaign
2409:
2378:Hertig Fredrik av Normandie
2250:Garci RodrĂguez de Montalvo
2146:
2023:. In gothic novels such as
59:Yvain, le Chevalier au Lion
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3893:
3557:Romance Writers of America
2604:A Preface to Paradise Lost
2579:Cambridge University Press
2491:Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
2435:Iconography of Charlemagne
2403:Le Roman du Comte d'Artois
1958:Romance (literary fiction)
1955:
1237:
1160:" (the lives and deeds of
1017:modern image of "medieval"
986:intent. Romances reworked
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3094:Hibbard & Loomis 1963
2859:Hibbard & Loomis 1963
2814:Hibbard & Loomis 1963
2802:Hibbard & Loomis 1963
2790:Hibbard & Loomis 1963
2776:Purdie, Rhiannon. 2001.
2765:Hibbard & Loomis 1963
2753:Hibbard & Loomis 1963
2115:are sometimes called his
2065:Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna
2062:, which was based on the
2000:The Romance of the Forest
1662:, comprised the bases of
1473:Sir Torrent of Portyngale
1111:
957:qualities, who goes on a
3057:Scott, Margaret (2007).
2828:Le Bone Florence of Rome
2627:Huizinga, Johan (1996).
2195:The Squire of Low Degree
2131:was, for a time, termed
1831:Restoration spectaculars
1610:Gottfried von Strassburg
1590:Book of the Knight Zifar
1282:is a late tale, but the
1214:Le Bone Florence of Rome
930:that was popular in the
3383:Strong, Roy C. (1977).
3352:Strong, Roy C. (1973).
3285:Frye, Northrop (1973).
2537:Oxford University Press
2260:The Wife of Bath's Tale
2068:, became successful in
1914:Robert Duke of Normandy
1701:, who commissioned the
1604:of Mestre Thomas), and
1419:Some romances, such as
1164:and the Knights of the
1081:
1070:(Sicilian poetry), and
2283:Sir Eglamour of Artois
2160:Queste del Saint Graal
1922:A Margarite of America
1742:by Sir Thomas Malory (
1643:, with the romance of
1622:Wolfram von Eschenbach
1596:(a translation of the
1525:
1369:, unlike such ones as
1297:The Girl Without Hands
1246:Folklore and folktales
1121:
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3789:William Collins, Sons
3420:Lewis, C. S. (1954).
3167:Lewis, C. S. (1995).
2602:Lewis, C. S. (1961).
2423:Chinese knight-errant
1980:The Castle of Otranto
1523:
1400:Richard Coeur de Lion
1119:
1031:, and other romantic
875:Literature portal
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3779:Ladies' Home Journal
3604:at Wikimedia Commons
2889:Briggs, Katharine M.
2269:The Canterbury Tales
2227:Guillaume de Palerme
1946:Eastern Roman Empire
1856:Gerusalemme liberata
1782:Gerusalemme Liberata
1640:Lancelot-Grail Cycle
1458:(unlike his earlier
1379:Contemporary society
953:portrayed as having
649:Groups and movements
3877:Damsels in distress
3872:Traditional stories
3784:G. P. Putnam's Sons
3096:, pp. 148–153.
2873:, pp. 129–130.
2688:Keyes, Flo (2006).
2574:The Discarded Image
2452:Cycles of the Kings
2371:Roswall and Lillian
2216:Guilhem de la Barra
2202:Romance of the Rose
2181:Valentine and Orson
2039:Nathaniel Hawthorne
1906:and the source for
1882:William Shakespeare
1810:Miguel de Cervantes
1646:La Mort le Roi Artu
1391:Seven Sages of Rome
1338:Religious practices
1304:Valentine and Orson
1208:Roswall and Lillian
1136:conflated with the
1134:Alexander the Great
1025:damsels in distress
1003:Miguel de Cervantes
967:and other kinds of
940:early modern Europe
268:Short prose fiction
171:Major written forms
3602:Chivalric romances
3477:, p. 423–424.
2986:Ker, William Paton
2932:Schlauch, Margaret
2385:Orlando Innamorato
2154:Chrétien de Troyes
2133:scientific romance
2125:Ruritanian romance
2017:novel of education
1994:A Sicilian Romance
1829:(1664) as well as
1612:'s version of the
1586:Middle High German
1554:The Song of Roland
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1450:Chretien de Troyes
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3342:, pp. 83–84.
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2546:978-0-19-172717-7
2501:Sword and sorcery
2276:Chevalere Assigne
2256:The Knight's Tale
2239:Sir Thomas Malory
2234:Le Morte D'Arthur
2141:Flannery O'Connor
2121:planetary romance
2112:The Winter's Tale
1887:The Winter's Tale
1823:'s collaborative
1753:), the Valencian
1739:Le Morte d'Arthur
1699:Euphemia of RĂĽgen
1695:chansons de geste
1669:Le Morte d'Arthur
1618:Thomas of Britain
1532:of a chivalrous,
1431:Alexander Romance
1415:Classical origins
1405:Hereward the Wake
1324:Brito di Bretagna
1312:Il Bel Gherardino
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434:Encyclopedic
412:supernatural
328:Prose genres
184:closet drama
57:
56:'s romance,
3826:Quill Award
3753:Young adult
3743:Time travel
3245:Mathew 1981
2916:Briggs 1977
2496:Romanticism
2480:Pas d'armes
2462:Medievalism
2429:Don Quixote
2167:Perceforest
2106:The Tempest
2043:H. G. Wells
2025:Bram Stoker
2009:Romanticism
1971: 1760
1864:Renaissance
1836:opera seria
1821:John Dryden
1805:Don Quixote
1796:Don Quixote
1788:Swan Knight
1751: 1471
1747: 1408
1734:Renaissance
1712:allegorical
1653: 1230
1578:Old Spanish
1574:Old Occitan
1568:(including
1516:Early forms
1367:Charlemagne
1292:fairy tales
1264:King Oberon
1252:Sir Launfal
1166:Round Table
1162:King Arthur
1156:) and the "
1146:Charlemagne
1126:frame story
1068:Old Italian
1060:Old Spanish
1048:Old Occitan
1042:(including
1012:Don Quixote
999: 1600
992:fairy tales
839:Composition
716:Tragicomedy
555:Verse novel
443:Non-fiction
347:Speculative
286:Short story
156:spoken word
146:Performance
119:heroic epic
3841:Categories
3810:RoNA Award
3805:RITA Award
3762:Publishers
3723:Paranormal
3698:Historical
3668:Bonkbuster
3567:2007-04-16
3475:Lewis 1954
3463:Lewis 1954
3451:Lewis 1954
3328:Lewis 1995
3316:Lewis 1995
3204:Lewis 1995
3192:Lewis 1995
3082:Scott 2007
2871:Lewis 1994
2705:0786425962
2674:0275980537
2555:4811919031
2519:References
2513:Troubadour
2486:Picaresque
2336:Sir Cleges
1997:(1790) or
1956:See also:
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1749: – c.
1566:Old French
1530:adventures
1345:Holy Grail
1232:Crescentia
1170:Holy Grail
1138:Trojan War
1040:Old French
1007:burlesqued
944:adventures
754:Postmodern
689:historical
628:Villanelle
509:Travelogue
504:Persuasive
484:Journalism
462:philosophy
429:Historical
397:paranormal
357:Children's
230:Electronic
104:fairy tale
69:Literature
3769:Harlequin
3673:Chivalric
3663:Baby Love
3651:Subgenres
3438:634408223
3131:Keen 1989
2944:892031418
2846:422642874
2364:Generides
2188:King Horn
2005:courtship
1897:Rosalynde
1868:humanists
1800:La Mancha
1660:Chronicle
1594:King Horn
1497:Sir Otuel
1228:Constance
1178:King Horn
1005:famously
984:burlesque
948:chivalric
928:narrative
849:Narrative
834:Magazines
829:Sociology
820:criticism
790:Movements
749:Modernist
739:Classical
531:Narrative
367:adventure
311:Religious
281:Novelette
246:Anthology
201:narrative
151:audiobook
109:folk play
44:fighting
3733:Suspense
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3260:(2004).
3155:Ker 1908
3033:Ker 1908
3021:Ker 1908
3009:Ker 1908
2988:(1908).
2934:(1969).
2778:Ipomadon
2663:(2004).
2571:(1994).
2410:See also
2297:Ipomadon
2290:Octavian
2147:Examples
2117:romances
1877:Pandosto
1815:Hudibras
1730:medieval
1728:In late
1626:Parzival
1491:Ipomadon
1441:The new
1190:Ipomadon
1140:), the "
1021:medieval
844:Language
775:Glossary
744:Medieval
679:Libretto
608:Limerick
560:National
550:Dramatic
540:Children
469:Anecdote
452:Academic
392:military
213:Nonsense
114:folksong
94:Folklore
3748:Western
3728:Regency
3713:Medical
3708:Lesbian
3688:Fantasy
2417:Beowulf
2262:" from
2258:" and "
2074:Germany
2070:England
2054:fantasy
2030:Dracula
2013:realism
1903:Gamelyn
1862:In the
1846:Rinaldo
1614:Tristan
1372:Beowulf
1238:Sources
1154:paladin
1029:dragons
988:legends
980:satiric
785:Writers
770:Outline
734:Ancient
725:History
711:Tragedy
588:Epigram
474:Epistle
457:history
417:western
402:romance
387:fantasy
352:Realist
338:Fiction
306:Parable
291:Drabble
276:Novella
260:romance
225:Ergodic
141:Oration
134:proverb
50:Laudine
3798:Awards
3693:Gothic
3683:Erotic
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1680:, and
1572:) and
1545:a lady
1537:knight
1534:heroic
1482:, and
1220:Amadas
1217:, and
1150:Roland
1112:Cycles
1033:tropes
976:ironic
955:heroic
915:, the
859:Estate
816:Theory
805:poetry
795:Cycles
706:Script
701:Satire
674:Comedy
623:Sonnet
618:Qasida
593:Ghazal
578:Ballad
499:Nature
489:Letter
422:horror
382:erotic
316:Wisdom
296:Sketch
251:Serial
191:Poetry
163:Saying
124:legend
46:Gawain
3817:Award
3658:Amish
1851:Tasso
1808:, by
1600:(AN)
1541:quest
1385:epics
1290:such
1256:fairy
1196:Emaré
1096:epics
1088:novel
982:, or
959:quest
925:verse
921:prose
911:As a
780:Books
694:moral
654:Poets
636:Lists
598:Haiku
583:Elegy
569:Lyric
479:Essay
377:crime
362:Genre
256:Novel
218:verse
208:Prose
196:lyric
179:Drama
99:fable
42:Yvain
3533:ISBN
3499:ISBN
3434:OCLC
3389:ISBN
3364:ISBN
3297:ISBN
3266:ISBN
3226:ISBN
3173:ISBN
3112:ISBN
3063:ISBN
2966:ISBN
2940:OCLC
2897:ISBN
2842:OCLC
2832:ISBN
2734:ISBN
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2551:OCLC
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2084:and
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1932:The
1833:and
1775:and
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1584:and
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1148:and
1082:Form
969:epic
938:and
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854:Feud
818:and
684:Play
644:Epic
603:Hymn
545:Epic
494:Life
129:myth
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