Wolf Pack Lecture: What is Romance? From the Ancient World to Fifty Shades of Grey
Date
Thu, 20 Nov 2025 | 13:30 - 14:30
Location
Leonard Wolfson Auditorium
Speakers
Professor David Robey
Event Price
Free
Booking Required
Not required
The word Romance has a long and peculiar history in English, quite different from that in other European languages. I will survey the different but interrelated kinds of narrative fiction that the word stands for, which in their various ways represent fundamental features of writing across the ages.
