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Romance (from Vulgar Latin rōmānicē "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to:
- Romance (love), love based on emotional attachment as portrayed as ideal in chivalric romance literature
- Romance languages
Geography
- Romance, Arkansas, U.S.
- Romance, Missouri, U.S.
- Romance, West Virginia U.S.
- Romance, Wisconsin, U.S.
Art, entertainment, and media
Films
- Romance (1920 film), silent film, directed by Chester Withey
- Romance (1930 film), starring Greta Garbo
- Romance (1936 film), an Austrian film starring Carl Esmond
- Romance (1983 film), a Bollywood film produced and directed by Ramanand Sagar
- Romance (1986 film)
- Romance (1999 film), directed by Catherine Breillat
- Romance (2013 film)
Genres
- Romance (music), a type of ballad or lyrical song
- Romance (meter), a metric pattern found in Spanish ballads
- Romancero, the corpus of such Spanish ballads, or a collection of them
- Russian romance or Russian Gypsy song, a type of sentimental art song with hints of Gypsy influence that was developed in Imperial Russia
- Scandinavian romanser, classical art songs, equivalent to the German Lied
- Amish romance, also known as "bonnet rippers"
- Chivalric romance literature, a subset of Medieval romance literature
- Contemporary romance
- Gaslight romance, another name for gaslamp fantasy, featuring fantasy set at a time of approximately 19th technology
- Hellenistic romance, or Ancient Greek romance, a modern term for the genre of the five surviving Ancient Greek novels
- Historical romance
- Paranormal romance
- Planetary romance, a genre of science fiction consisting of adventure tales on exotic planets
- Regency romance
- Romance film, a genre of film of which the central plot focuses on the romantic relationships of the protagonists
- Romance literature (disambiguation)
- Romance novel, a genre of novel that focuses on romantic love
- Scientific romance, an archaic term for the genre of fiction now commonly known as science fiction
Literature
- Romance (novel), a 1905 novel by Joseph Conrad
- "Romance" (poem), an 1829 poem by Edgar Allan Poe
- Shakespeare's late romances, the later plays of Shakespeare that mix tragic and comedic elements
Music
Albums
- Romance (David Cassidy album)
- Romance (Luis Miguel album), 1991
- Romance (Dave Palmer album), 2006
- Romance (Ali Project album), 2006
- Romance (Frank Sinatra album), 2004
- Romance (Tubelord album)
- Romance, album by Montserrat Caballé
- Romances (Kaada/Patton album), 2004
- Romances (Luis Miguel album), 1997
Songs
- "Romance" (guitar piece), also known as "Romance Anónimo", a Spanish instrumental guitar piece of anonymous origin
- "Romance", song by Debussy
- "Romance", a pop waltz written by Gordon Lightfoot and released on his 1983 album Salute
- "Romance", a track on the album Light & Shade by Mike Oldfield
- "Romance", the second movement of the suite Lieutenant Kijé (Op. 60) by Sergei Prokofiev
- "Romance", a song by R.E.M. originally released on the soundtrack of the 1987 film Made in Heaven
- "Romance", a song from the musical The Desert Song
- Romance in C major, Op. 48, for violin and orchestra Saint-Saëns
- Violin Romance No. 1 (Beethoven) in G major, Op. 40, by Ludwig van Beethoven
- Violin Romance No. 2 (Beethoven) in F major, Op. 50, by Ludwig van Beethoven
Plays
- Romance (play), a 2005 play by David Mamet
- Romance (Sheldon play), a 1913 play by Edward Sheldon
Other uses
- All Romance eBooks or ARe, a now-defunct publisher of romance novels
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms (disambiguation)
- Romance studies
See also
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