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    Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events. Although the term is...
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    contrast to fiction, creators of non-fiction assume responsibility for presenting information (and sometimes opinion) based only in historical and factual...
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    crime, fantasy, romance, science fiction and horror—as well as perhaps Western, inspirational and historical fiction. Slipstream genre is sometimes thought...
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    Slovene historical fiction in form of historical tale (zgodovinska povest) or historical novel (zgodovinski roman) is besides rural story the central national...
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  • This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by...
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  • romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. Historical drama can be differentiated from historical fiction, which generally present fictional characters...
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    historiography, what is now called "speculative fiction" has previously been termed "historical invention", "historical fiction", and other similar names. These terms...
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    Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts...
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    from mainstream fiction and other genres such as historical fiction or science fiction, but the boundaries are indistinct. Crime fiction has several subgenres...
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    Non-fiction typically aims to present topics objectively based on historical, scientific, and empirical information. However, some non-fiction ranges...
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    fiction in which one or more historical events have occurred but are resolved differently than in actual history. As conjecture based upon historical...
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    Nautical fiction, frequently also naval fiction, sea fiction, naval adventure fiction or maritime fiction, is a genre of literature with a setting on or...
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  • historical figure as a way of bringing history to life. Historical figures are often represented in fiction, where fact and fancy are combined. In earlier traditions...
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    Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name refers to...
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  • about historical novels, see Category:Historical novels. For a comprehensive list by time period on historical fiction in general see list of historical fiction...
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    Historical fantasy is a category of fantasy and genre of historical fiction that incorporates fantastic elements (such as magic) into a more "realistic"...
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    for Fiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It recognizes distinguished fiction by...
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  • Regency fiction, or later fiction set within the Regency era. - These include romance novels (called "Regency romances"), historical fiction, detective...
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  • The non-fiction novel is a literary genre that, broadly speaking, depicts non-fictional elements, such as real historical figures and actual events, woven...
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  • series can be classified as both). Military fiction: A story about a war or battle that can either be historical or fictional. It usually follows the events...
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  • The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a subgenre of two literary genres, historical fiction and mystery fiction. These works are set in a time...
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    American author of children's books, with several series of fiction, non-fiction and historical fiction works found in thousands of libraries and translated...
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    Fantasy (redirect from Fantasy fiction)
    eighteenth century BC, preserves a mixture of stories with elements of historical fiction, fantasy, and satire. Egyptian funerary texts preserve mythological...
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  • Historical criticism (also known as the historical-critical method or higher criticism) is a branch of criticism that investigates the origins of ancient...
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  • Historical sources encompass "every kind of evidence that human beings have left of their past activities — the written word and spoken word, the shape...
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    Historical method is the collection of techniques and guidelines that historians use to research and write histories of the past. Secondary sources, primary...
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    Grant. The novel was nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction in 2017. The book is split into seven parts that are all named after...
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  • Prize for Historical Fiction, formerly known as the James Fenimore Cooper Prize, is a biennial award given for the best Historical American fiction by the...
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  • A war novel or military fiction is a novel about war. It is a novel in which the primary action takes place on a battlefield, or in a civilian setting...
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    to refer to this type, and for other fiction it is "now chiefly archaic and historical" (OED). Works of fiction such as Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre...
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