Romantic Literary Fiction

[Deb Kim]

Hello everybody..i would like to share a few books which i have put under the category of romanticism..why dont you share yours! ;)

a) list out your list of romantic literary fictions and its writer
b) why do you think it is romantic?

:cheers2:

At the moment

1) wuthering height by Emily Bronte :D (my forever fav novel)
2) possession by A.S Byatt ( read it a few months ago - the twist is rather shocking but kinda able to guess) :)
3)Joss and Gold Catherine Lim
4) Fistful of Colours su-chen

The first two are my fav. :D

[dfloyd]

The Lady of the Camellias or Camille by Alexandres Dumas fils. A more modern one: a Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.

[Fuzzy_duck]

hmm interesting

Where I come from, when we say "romantic" we think only of the characteristics proto-romantic and Romantic Movement, meaning emphasis on
natural surroundings, supernatural, emotion, folklore and the "pure and untamed" element.

As a joke, in close circles, we refer to tearful romantic novels as just- "twilight". "Man , this book is so twilight!" :rofl:

I think I'm gonna start reading some good romantic literature, since I'm going through a lovesick faze.

You are right, Wuthering Heights is extraordinary, I loved it.

I don't really know any such books, except for one. This might seem crazy but I that the horror novel Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill had a rather high dose of romantic goo. I'm serious. The way the two main characters are in love and fight the menace togetherrrrrrr, it was very warm and puffy! :ladysman::biggrin5::blush5:

[stlukesguild]

How are you defining "Romantic"? Are you speaking of the period known as "Romanticism"... in which case quite a few of these books don't meet the criteria? Are you peaking of "Romantic" as in "Romance" and romantic entanglements, or are you speaking of "Romantic" as exhibiting a given number of the characteristics of literature of the era of Romanticism?

[Wilde woman]

Funny that this topic should come up now. I've been doing a lot of thinking on what romance as a genre actually means because I'm prepping to take a very ambitious class on medieval romance. Medievalists seem to define romance very differently from our modern understanding of romance (love stories) or from 18th-19th century Romanticism.

I've always wondered how the word "romance" which originally simply meant a Roman or romance language evolved to have such a different meaning. Thoughts?

[Fuzzy_duck]

How are you defining "Romantic"? Are you speaking of the period known as "Romanticism"... in which case quite a few of these books don't meet the criteria? Are you peaking of "Romantic" as in "Romance" and romantic entanglements, or are you speaking of "Romantic" as exhibiting a given number of the characteristics of literature of the era of Romanticism?

I'm referring to Romanticism when I say Romantic, because that's how I was thought in school.
It's a matter of different cultures and languages.

When romanians say "romantic" they usually refer to the era of Romanticism.

Americans tend to say "romantic" when it's about romance and romantic entanglement and stuff. That's how I see it.

[literaturefool]

As having just took a course on Romantic Literature, I would have to say that supernatural was a huge theme within this movement.
Castle of Ortento
Frankenstein
Vampyre


Not necessarily, my favorite genre of literature, it was fascinating to indulge in this literature I would normally overpass.