Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to:

Common meanings

* Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings * Romance languages, a subgroup of the Italic languages ** Romance studies, an academic discipline studying the languages, literatures, and cultures of areas that speak a Romance language

Places

* Romance, Arkansas, U.S. * Romance, Missouri, U.S. *

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Romance, Wisconsin Romance, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in the town of Genoa in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. Religion RoundRiver Institute is a Buddhist retreat and education center located in Romance near the village of Genoa, Wisconsin ...

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Arts, entertainment, and media

Film

* Romance film, a genre of film of which the central plot focuses on the romantic relationships of the protagonists ** Romantic comedy **

Romantic thriller A romantic thriller is a narrative that involves elements of the romance and thriller genres. A good thriller provides entertainment by making viewers uncomfortable with moments of suspense, the heightened feeling of anxiety and fright. A thril ...

* ''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'' (2011 film) * ''Romance'' (2013 film)

Literature

Literary genres

* Adventure tales **

Gaslight romance Gaslamp fantasy (also known as gaslight fantasy or gaslight romance) is a subgenre of both fantasy and historical fiction. Generally speaking, this particular realm of fantasy employs either a Victorian or Edwardian setting (i.e. a between the m ...

, another name for gaslamp fantasy, featuring fantasy set at a time of approximately 19th-century technology ** Planetary romance, a genre of science fiction consisting of adventure tales on exotic planets ** Ruritanian romance, a genre of swashbuckling adventure novels, set in a fictional country, usually in Central or Eastern Europe ** Scientific romance, an archaic term for the genre of fiction now commonly known as science fiction * Chivalric romance literature, a branch of medieval and medievalist literature * Literature of Romanticism, a movement from the late 18th century that broke away from neoclassicism and which emphasized nature, the imagination and emotions * Hellenistic romance, or Ancient Greek romance, a modern term for the genre of the five surviving Ancient Greek novels * Romance (prose fiction), a type of novel, especially, but not necessarily, an historical novel, and distinct from genre fiction love romances * Romance literature (disambiguation) * Romance novel, a genre of novel which emerged in the 20th century, directed at women readers, that focuses on romantic love, with many sub-genres: ** Amish romance, also known as "bonnet rippers" ** Contemporary romance ** Historical romance, a 20th-century genre fiction version of the historical novel ** Paranormal romance ** Regency romance **

Fantasy romance Romantic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction, describing a fantasy story using many of the elements and conventions of the chivalric romance genre. One of the key features of romantic fantasy involves the focus on relationships, social, ...

Works

* ''Romance'' (novel), a 1905 novel by Joseph Conrad * ''Romance'' (play), a 2005 play by David Mamet * "Romance" (poem), an 1829 poem by Edgar Allan Poe * ''Romance'' (Sheldon play), a 1913 play by Edward Sheldon * Shakespeare's late romances, or tragicomedies

Music

Albums

* ''Romance'' (Camila Cabello album), 2019 * ''Romance'' (David Cassidy album), 1985 * ''Romance'' (Luis Miguel album), 1991 * ''Romance'' (Ali Project album), 2006 * ''Romance'' (Dave Palmer album), 2006 * ''Romance'' (Frank Sinatra album), 2004 * ''Romance'' (Tubelord album), 2011 * ''Romances'' (Kaada/Patton album), 2004 * ''Romances'' (Luis Miguel album), 1997 * ''Romance'' (Dorso album), 1991 * ''Romance'' (Oneida album), 2018

Songs

* "Romance" (guitar piece), also known as "Romance Anónimo", a Spanish instrumental guitar piece of anonymous origin * "Romance", by

Claude Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...

* "Romance", by Gordon Lightfoot from his 1983 album '' Salute'' * "Romance", by Mike Oldfield from his album ''

Light + Shade Light and Shade may refer to: * '' Light + Shade'', a 2005 two-disc album by English musician Mike Oldfield * ''Light and Shade'' (This Ascension album), 1991 * ''Light and Shade'' (Fra Lippo Lippi album), 1987 See also * Lights and Shadows (dis ...

'' * "Romance", the second movement of the suite ''

Lieutenant Kijé Lieutenant Kijé or Kizhe (russian: Пору́чик Киже́, translit. Poruchik Kizhe), originally Kizh (Киж), is a fictional character in an anecdote about the reign of Emperor Paul I of Russia, in which the cover up of a transcript ...

'' (Op. 60) by Sergei Prokofiev * "Romance", by R.E.M., originally released on the soundtrack of the 1987 film '' Made in Heaven'' * "Romance", from the musical '' The Desert Song'' * ''Romance'' in C major, Op. 48, for violin and orchestra by

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...

* Violin Romance No. 1 (Beethoven) in G major, Op. 40 *

Violin Romance No. 2 (Beethoven) The Romance for violin and orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50, is the second of two such compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was written in 1798 but not published until 1805 (by which time Beethoven had completed and published the other work, ...

in F major, Op. 50 * "Romance" by Marc Ribot from his 1994 album '' Shrek'' * "Romance" (Buck-Tick song), 2005 single by Buck-Tick * "Romance" (Yoasobi song), 2021 single by Yoasobi

Other uses in music

* 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 Russian romance (russian: рома́нс ''románs'') is a type of sentimental art song with hints of Gypsy influence that was developed in Imperial Russia by such composers as Nikolai Titov (1800-1875), Alexander Alyabyev (1787–1851), Alexa ...

or Russian Gypsy song, a type of sentimental art song with hints of Gypsy influence that was developed in Imperial Russia **

Scandinavian romanser The Scandinavian , plural , is a classical music art song equivalent to the German , French or Russian romance Russian romance (russian: рома́нс ''románs'') is a type of sentimental art song with hints of Gypsy influence that was deve ...

, classical art songs, equivalent to the German Lied * Romance (band), rock band from London *

Romance Tour (disambiguation) Romance Tour may refer to: * Romance Tour (Luis Miguel), 1991 tour by Luis Miguel * The Romance Tour, 2020 tour by Camila Cabello {{Disambiguation ...

Television

* ''Romance'' (American TV series), 1949 American anthology series * ''Romance'' (South Korean TV series), 2002 South Korean television drama series