romantic love
thumb|Romeo and Juliet, by [[Frank Dicksee, considered to be the archetypal romantic couple, depicting the play's iconic balcony scene]]
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23 sectionsContents
- General definitions
- The literary tradition
- Romantic beliefs
- The biological definition
- Love styles
- Limerence
- Origin of romantic love
- Romance and sexuality
- Reward and self-expansion
- Barriers to fulfillment
- Romance and commitment
- Romance and marriage
- Modern romance
- Philosophy
- Plato
- Courtly love
- Romanticism
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Romeo and Juliet, by [[Frank Dicksee, considered to be the archetypal romantic couple, depicting the play's iconic balcony scene]]
Romance and romantic love came to encompass a number of ideas about love, which are interrelated for historical and cultural reasons: passionate feelings of attraction—a mental state of "being in love", with focused attention (salience) towards a specific individual for courtship or pair bonding; the cultural practice or idealization of initiating intimate relationships for feelings like these, over more practical or ordinary concerns; a relationship or love affair initiated or maintained this way, which may be premarital or absent a commitment; and a love story involving these elements.