Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement in the history of ideas that originated in late 18th century Western Europe. Romanticism emphasized intuition, imagination, and feeling. Romantic literature refers to the late 18th century and the 19th century literary works. The Romantic Period in literature originated in Germany and spread to England and the United States.
Literature in romantic period was characterized by
• the criticism of the past
• emphasis on women and children
• respect for nature
• supernaturalism
• human psychology
Some of the authors of romantic literature are:
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe
- Walter Scott
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Ludwig Tieck
- Novalis
- Friedrich Hoelderlin
- Victor Hugo
- Stendhal
- William Wordsworth
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Herman Melville
Some of the realistic romantic fiction books are listed below :
- Anderson, Catherine - Only by Your Touch
- Arnold, Judith - Love in Bloom's
- Bird, Jessica - An Irresistible Bachelor
- Brockway, Connie - My Dearest Enemy
- Campbell, Bethany - See How They Run
- Crandall, Susan - Back Roads
- Crusie, Jennifer - Bet Me
- Delinsky, Barbara - Twilight Whispers
- Eagle, Kathleen - Once Upon a Wedding
- Gibson, Rachel - Daisy's Back in Town
- Ivory, Judith - The Proposition
- Landis, Jill Marie - Lover's Lane
- Michaels, Kasey - This Can't Be Love
- Monroe, Mary Alice - The Beach House
- Phillips, Susan Elizabeth - Nobody's Baby But Mine
- Rivers, Francine - The Scarlet Thread
- Roberts, Nora - Birthright
- Samuel, Barbara - No Place Like Home
- Wiggs, Susan - Summer by the Sea
- Gentry, Georgina - To Tempt a Texan
- Grant, Susan - The Scarlet Empress
- Hudson, Tess - Double Down
- James, Eloisa - Much Ado About You
- Jones, Linda Winstead - The Moon Witch
- Kerstan, Lynn - Dangerous Passions
- Landis, Jill Marie - Heartbreak Hotel
- Nash, Sophia - Lord Will and Her Grace
- Putney, M. J. - Stolen Magic
Wiggs, Susan - Table for Five
