From around 1575 to 1610, the writing of romance became particularly vibrant in England. Its great exponents include Ariosto, Tasso, Cervantes, Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare. In its uniquely serendipitous version of the world, few social conventions or expectations can be taken for granted. It was characterized by much narrative variety, multiple plots, open-ended structures, digression, coincidence, fantasy, wonder, and wish-fulfillment. Description: One of the centrally fashionable literary genres of early modern Europe, romance was the most important precursor of the novel, though in many ways different.
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