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Patricia · 11-18-2008, 06:27 PM

This is romance in the sense of the Old French 'roman'. The Gestes of Roland has been called a romance, even with no love-interest.
Alberich, in the Ring, renounces love. Parsifal doesn't fall for Kundry. These are not love-stories. They are stories about how human redemption is possible. There is light at the end of the tunnel (but, especially in the case of the Ring, it is a very long tunnel).

11-18-2008, 06:27 PM	#3
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	This is romance in the sense of the Old French 'roman'. The Gestes of Roland has been called a romance, even with no love-interest. Alberich, in the Ring, renounces love. Parsifal doesn't fall for Kundry. These are not love-stories. They are stories about how human redemption is possible. There is light at the end of the tunnel (but, especially in the case of the Ring, it is a very long tunnel).