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Literature > Romances

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Romances  

Definition

  • Verse or prose narratives depicting heroic, fantastic, or supernatural events, often in Medieval times. [AAT]

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Entry terms

  • Courtly romances, tales
  • Epic poetry, romances
  • Epics, romances
  • Fiction, romances
  • Narratives, prose, romances
  • Novels, romances
  • Poems, epic, romances
  • Poetry, epic, romances
  • Poetry, romances
  • Prose narratives, romances
  • Romance fiction
  • Romance literature
  • Stories, romances
  • Tales, romances
  • Verse, romances

Notation

  • 121955

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-WJJ043WK-N

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