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  2. Irony - Wikipedia

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    Romantic irony is closely related to cosmic irony, and sometimes the two terms are treated interchangeably. [9] Romantic irony is distinct, however, in that it is the author who assumes the role of the cosmic force. The narrator in Tristam Shandy is one early example. [31]

  3. List of writing genres - Wikipedia

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    Example: The Man in the High Castle (1962). Historical fantasy; Historical mystery; Historical romance. Regency romance; Nautical fiction. Pirate novel; Metafiction (aka romantic irony in the context of Romantic literature): uses self-reference to draw attention to itself as a work of art while exposing the "truth" of a story. Metaparody ...

  4. Styles and themes of Jane Austen - Wikipedia

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    Perhaps the most famous example of irony in Austen is the opening line of Pride and Prejudice: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." At first glance, the sentence is straightforward and plausible, but the plot of the novel contradicts it: it is women without ...

  5. Marriage in the works of Jane Austen - Wikipedia

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    While Jane Austen often uses irony in her portrayal of Charlotte, she does not overtly condemn her. [37] The social dynamics of the time made securing a comfortable marriage an essential goal for unmarried women. [38] For example, Miss Gardiner marries Mr. Bennet, a minor landowner, thus improving her social standing.

  6. Romantic literature - Wikipedia

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    Romantic literature was personal, intense, and portrayed more emotion than ever seen in neoclassical literature. America's preoccupation with freedom became a great source of motivation for Romantic writers as many were delighted in free expression and emotion without so much fear of ridicule and controversy.

  7. Romance (love) - Wikipedia

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    Although the emotions and sensations of romantic love are widely associated with sexual attraction, they could also exist without sexual attraction. In certain cases, romance could even be interpreted as a normal friendship. Historically, the term romance originates with the medieval ideal of chivalry as set out in the literature of chivalric ...

  8. Romantic literature in English - Wikipedia

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    The Romantic movement in English literature of the early 19th century has its roots in 18th-century poetry, the Gothic novel and the novel of sensibility. [6] [7] This includes the pre-Romantic graveyard poets from the 1740s, whose works are characterized by gloomy meditations on mortality, "skulls and coffins, epitaphs and worms". [8]

  9. Anatomy of Criticism - Wikipedia

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    Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays (Princeton University Press, 1957) is a book by Canadian literary critic and theorist Northrop Frye that attempts to formulate an overall view of the scope, theory, principles, and techniques of literary criticism derived exclusively from literature. Frye consciously omits all specific and practical criticism ...