Here are entered collections of medieval metrical romances (general and French) and their prose versions. Collections in one language other than French are qualified by language, e.g. Romances, English. Works of fiction dealing with romantic love are entered under Romance fiction. --subdivision Romances under names of historic persons, etc.
Fiction that depicts gloomy and antiquated settings, characters that are haunted by secrets and unresolved conflicts, psychological and physical terror, and elements of the supernatural.