Knowra Historical romance Historical romance Historical romance is romantic fiction set in a past historical period. Its love story unfolds amid the customs, social structures, and material details of that period.
Romance novel : A novel centered on a love relationship and its emotionally satisfying, optimistic resolution. Historical romance belongs to the romance genre and usually follows its central relationship arc.
Regency romance : A romance subgenre set chiefly in Britain during the Regency era, from 1811 to 1820. It is a prominent historical-romance subgenre, known for courtship amid Regency social life.
Romanticism : An artistic and intellectual movement emphasizing emotion, imagination, individual experience, and the sublime. Its celebration of intense feeling helped shape later ideals of romantic love.
Contemporary romance : Romance fiction set in the period in which it is written, rather than in a historical past. Its present-day social world contrasts with historical romance's period-specific setting.
Historical accuracy : The degree to which an account of the past conforms to available historical evidence. Authors balance documented detail with invented events and the demands of a romance plot.
Historical fiction : Fiction set in a past period, often incorporating historical events, people, or ways of life. Its period setting draws on the conventions of historical fiction.
Western romance : Romance fiction set in the American West, often during the nineteenth-century frontier era. It pairs a historical love story with frontier settings and western conventions.
Walter Scott : A Scottish novelist and poet whose historical novels helped establish the historical novel as a popular form. His fiction demonstrated how invented characters could inhabit vividly rendered historical settings.
Gothic romance : Romantic fiction shaped by suspense, threatening settings, secrets, and elements of the uncanny. Gothic romance foregrounds atmosphere and menace, while historical romance centers the couple's relationship.
Anachronism : A person, practice, object, or idea placed in a period where it did not exist. Anachronisms can disrupt a period setting or deliberately make past attitudes legible to modern audiences.
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