was a controversial genre at the time that Cyrano de Bergerac was published. Avid readers considered romance scandalous and inappropriate. I believe that because of romance’s reputation, Edmond Rostand tried his best to disguise the book as a story with a different genre. However, because of this disguise, many literary critics now debate over whether or not the play is actually a romantic one. In this paper, I am going to prove that Cyrano de Bergerac is a romantic play. In order to do so, I will…
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