Ruritania is a fictional country, originally located in Central Europe as a setting for novels by Anthony Hope, such as The Prisoner of Zenda (1894).[1][2] Nowadays, the term connotes a quaint minor European country or is used as a placeholder name for an unspecified country in academic discussions. The first known use of the demonym Ruritanian was in 1896.[3]
Hope's setting lent its name to a literary genre involving fictional countries, which is known as Ruritanian romance.
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^Daly, Nicholas (2020). Ruritania: A Cultural History, from the Prisoner of Zenda to the Princess Diaries. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198836605.[page needed]
^"Definition of RURITANIAN". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
Ruritania is a fictional country, originally located in Central Europe as a setting for novels by Anthony Hope, such as The Prisoner of Zenda (1894)....
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