Romance (disambiguation)
Romance is emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings. Romance may also refer to: == Common meanings == Romantic orientation, the classification of the sex or gender with which a person experiences romantic attraction towards or is likely to have a romantic relationship with Romantic friendship, a very close but typically non-sexual relationship between friends, often involving a degree of physical closeness beyond that which is common in contemporary Western societies 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. Romance, West Virginia U.S. Romance, Wisconsin, U.S. == Arts, entertainment, and media == === Comics === Romance comics, genre of comics of which the central plot focuses on the romantic relationships of the main characters === Film === Romance film, a genre of film of which the central plot focuses on the romantic relationships of the protagonists Romantic comedy Romantic thriller 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), Italian drama film directed by Massimo Mazzucco Romance (1999 film), directed by Catherine Breillat Romance, a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language film, starring Shakeela Romance (2011 film), animated Romance (2013 film), Telugu-language comedy film directed by Darling Swamy === Literature === ==== Literary genres ==== Adventure tales Gaslight romance, 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, a 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 ==== Works ==== Romance (novel), a 1905 novel by Joseph Conrad "Romance" (poem), an 1829 poem by Edgar Allan Poe Romance (Mamet play), a 2005 play by David Mamet 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 Romance (Fontaines DC album), 2024 ==== Songs ==== "Romance" (guitar piece), also known as "Romance Anónimo", a Spanish instrumental guitar piece of anonymous origin "Romance", by Claude Debussy "Romance", by Gordon Lightfoot from his 1983 album Salute "Romance", by Mike Oldfield from his album Light + Shade "Romance", the second movement of the suite Lieutenant Kijé (Op.