romance section
A romance novel or romantic novel is a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." There are many subgenres of the romance novel, including fantasy, gothic, contemporary, ..
The modern romance novel, or mass-market romance novel as we know it today, has its origins in the romantic fiction of the 18th and 19th centuries
This literary genre has a long history beginning with Greek novels of the first four centuries A.D. Romance continued strongly into the Middle Ages in which tales of knights and chivalry abound. Most works in the genre could be classified as either the Matter of Rome, of Britain, or of France.
writers: Jane Austen (1775-1817) || Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) || Emily Brontë (1818-1848) || Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) || Audrey Niffenegger (1963 – ) || Nicholas Sparks (1965 – ) || Nora Roberts (1950- ) || Jude Deveraux (1947 – )
drama section
Drama Genre Definition – What's the best definition for the drama fiction genre? The drama genre is strongly based in a character, or characters, that are in conflict at a crucial moment in their lives. Most dramas revolve around families and often have tragic or painful resolutions.
At school, Callie joins the meeting of the stage crew, led by Mr. Madera and student stage manager Loren; announcing the upcoming production of the fictional Civil War-era romantic musical Moon over Mississippi with her as returning set designer and is excited to implement her plans.
Aeschylus' historical tragedy The Persians is the oldest surviving drama, although when it won first prize at the City Dionysia competition in 472 BC, he had been writing plays for more than 25 years.
writers : William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) || Anton Chekhov (1860 – 1904) || Sophocles (497 – 406 BC) || Arthur Miller (1915 – 2005) || Henrik Ibsen (1828 – 1906) || Samuel Beckett (1856 – 1950) || Moliere (1622 – 1673) || Tennessee Williams (1911 – 1983)
fantasy section
Fantasy, also spelled phantasy, imaginative fiction dependent for effect on strangeness of setting (such as other worlds or times) and of characters (such as supernatural or unnatural beings).
The modern fantasy genre first took root during the 18th century with the increased popularity of fictional travelers' tales, influencing and being influenced by other early forms of speculative fiction along the way, finally unfurling in the 19th century from a literary tapestry of fantastic stories and gaining ...
Scottish author George MacDonald, whose novel Phantastes (1858) features a young man drawn into a dream world where he has a series of adventures, is credited with writing the first plainly fictitious fantasy for adults.
writers : Ben Aaronovitch (born 1964) || Rafael Ábalos (born 1956) || Lynn Abbey (born 1948) || Joe Abercrombie (born 1974) || Daniel Abraham (born 1960) || Douglas Adams (1952–2001) || Richard Adams (1920–2016) || Katherine Addison
literature section
Within its broad definition, literature includes non-fictional books, articles or other printed information on a particular subject. Etymologically, the term derives from Latin literatura/litteratura "learning, a writing, grammar," originally "writing formed with letters," from litera/littera "letter".
Which period of English literature came first? The first historical period of English Literature is the Old English Period or The Anglo-Saxon Period (450-1066).
The first author of literature in the world, known by name, was the high-priestess of Ur, Enheduanna (2285-2250 BCE) who wrote hymns in praise of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.
writers : Leo Tolstoy — 327 || William Shakespeare — 293 || James Joyce — 194 || Vladimir Nabokov — 190 || Fyodor Dostoevsky — 177 || William Faulkner — 173 || Charles Dickens — 168 || Anton Chekhov — 165