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Definition of Romancers
1. romancer [n] - See also: romancer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Romancers
Literary usage of Romancers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Classical Literature by Johann Joachim Eschenburg (1854)
"In the period after Constantino, we find several romancers. ... Others pronounce
Longue to be decidedly the first among the Greek romancers. $ 15]. ..."
2. The Antiquary (1871)
"uU and romancers would look down with disdain on the ... a Guide-book may all
contribute to provide additional materials for future bards and romancers. ..."
3. The Antiquarian (1871)
"... and fragments of ancient life, for future bards and romancers." What did
Jupiter mean by that ? Had be forgotten that a fine antiquary, Sir W. Scott, ..."
4. A History of American Literature, 1607-1865 by William Peterfield Trent (1908)
"CHAPTER XIV THE romancers (1830-50) ' WHILE the veterans Irving and Cooper ...
The minor romancers of the preceding generation were also supplanted by ..."
5. The Contemporary Drama of France by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1920)
"CHAPTER IX MINOR POETS AND romancers CLASSIC DRAMATISTS WHEREAS the naturalists,
ironic realists, moralists, and reformers have all sought esthetic ..."
6. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent, John Erskine, Stuart Pratt Sherman, Carl Van Doren (1917)
"Cooper, like Scott, was more elevated than Fielding and Smollett, more realistic
than the Gothic romancers, more humane than Godwin or Brown. ..."
7. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1848)
"From these barbarian lords of the dark ages, as from a living model, the romancers
are said to have drawn their giants and other disloyal enemies of ..."
8. The Development of the English Novel by Wilbur Lucius Cross (1899)
"The Mediaeval romancers and Story-tellers NORMAN England came into possession of
an immense body of fictitious narrative. Learned societies have edited and ..."
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