pastoral romance
C41355
concept
A pastoral romance is a literary work that idealizes rural life and nature while centering on romantic relationships, often contrasting the simplicity of the countryside with the complexity or corruption of urban or courtly life.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| pastoral literature | 1 |
| romance (literary genre) | 1 |
| romanticNarrative | 1 |
Instances (7)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Lars: A Pastoral of Norway | pastoral literature |
| The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia | — |
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Longus
surface form:
Daphnis and Chloe
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— |
| Menaphon | — |
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Jacopo Sannazaro's Arcadia
surface form:
Arcadia (Jacopo Sannazaro)
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| A Different Love Story | romanticNarrative |
| Middle Dutch Arthurian romances | romance (literary genre) |