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'''Romance''' is a general term that refers to a celebration of life often through [[art]], [[music]] and the attempt to express love with words or deeds. It also refers to a [[feeling]] of excitement associated with love. Historically, the term "romance" did not necessarily imply love relationships, but rather was seen as an artistic expression of one's innermost desires; sometimes ''including'' love, sometimes not. Romance is still sometimes viewed as an expressionistic, or [[art]]ful form, but within the context of "romantic love" relationships it usually implies an expression of one's love, or one's deep emotional desires to connect with another person. "Romance" in this sense can therefore be defined as attachment, fascination, or enthusiasm for something or someone, in [[literature]] similar exaggerated [[narrative|narration]] is called romance.

'''Romance''' is a general term that refers to a celebration of life often through [[art]], [[music]] and the attempt to express love with words or deeds. It also refers to a [[feeling]] of excitement associated with love. Historically, the term "romance" did not necessarily imply love relationships, but rather was seen as an artistic expression of one's innermost desires; sometimes ''including'' love, sometimes not. Romance is still sometimes viewed as an expressionistic, or [[art]]ful form, but within the context of "romantic love" relationships it usually implies an expression of one's love, or one's deep emotional desires to connect with another person. "Romance" in this sense can therefore be defined as attachment, fascination, or enthusiasm for something or someone, in [[literature]] similar exaggerated [[narrative|narration]] is called romance.

== Overview ==

== Overview ==

Romantic love is contrasted with [[platonic love]]. All usages of platonic love precludes sexual relations, yet only in the modern usage does it take on a fully [[sexuality|asexual]] sense, rather than the classical sense in which sexual drives are sublimated. Sublimation often tends to be forgotten in casual thought about love; it can be found in [[psychology]]. Unrequited love can be romantic, if only in a comic or tragic sense, or in the sense that sublimation itself is comparable to romance, where the [[spirituality]] of both art and egalitarian [[ideal]]s is combined with strong character and emotions. This situation is typical of the period of [[Romanticism]], but that term is distinct from any romance that might arise within it. [[Beethoven]], however, is the case in point. He had brief relationships with only a few women, always of the nobility. His one actual engagement was broken off mainly because of his conflicts with noble society as a group. This is evidenced in his biography, such as in Maynard Solomon's account. Romantic love might be requited emotionally and physically while not being consummated, to which one or both parties might agree.

Romantic love is contrasted with [[platonic love]]. All usages of platonic love precludes sexual relations, yet only in the modern usage does it take on a fully [[sexuality|asexual]] sense, rather than the classical sense in which sexual drives are sublimated. Sublimation often tends to be forgotten in casual thought about love; it can be found in [[psychology]]. Unrequited love can be romantic, if only in a comic or tragic sense, or in the sense that sublimation itself is comparable to romance, where the [[spirituality]] of both art and egalitarian [[ideal]]s is combined with strong character and emotions. This situation is typical of the period of [[Romanticism]], but that term is distinct from any romance that might arise within it. [[Beethoven]], however, is the case in point. He had brief relationships with only a few women, always of the nobility. His one actual engagement was broken off mainly because of his conflicts with noble society as a group. This is evidenced in his biography, such as in Maynard Solomon's account. Romantic love might be requited emotionally and physically while not being consummated, to which one or both parties might agree.