Romance
►1.    Renders reality in less volume and detail.
►2.    Prefers action to character.
►3.    Reality does not impinge as frequently on the action of the piece as in a novel.
►4.    Characters not as complexly related to each other or to their society.
►5.    Human relationships tend to be narrowly or obsessively involved rather than displaying a range of human relationships.
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From Richard Chase, The American Novel and Its Tradition