historical fiction

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricalandfiction

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historical
adjective
uk
/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us
/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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fiction
noun
uk
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/us
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/
the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandfictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The genre of 'historicalfiction' is an oxymoron to begin with.
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The recent trend towardhistoricalfictionamong these women offers the most tangible possibilities for inclusion in these programs.
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Historicalfictionserved as a paradigm for the synthesis of perspective in later historical writing, which thus absorbed the literary experience of the limit of memory.
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Despite the extent of their cultural influence, the writers of these primers have themselves been subsumed by thehistoricalfictionthat primer authors were solely, or even mostly, male.
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As her treatment of feminine problems appears essentialized across time in thishistoricalfiction, it also presents itself as essentialized across the space of class lines.
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His works, in a generation that adoreshistoricalfiction, command considerable sales.
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They are nothing buthistoricalfiction.
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His long career produced hundreds of dramatic and literary works, including short and full-length plays, musical comedies, andhistoricalfictionnovels.
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She also wrote crime fiction, romantic fiction, andhistoricalfiction, mainly before 1960.
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Highly recommended for all public libraryhistoricalfictioncollections.
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They lean more towards the novel beinghistoricalfiction.
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One is the genre, like folktales,historicalfiction, biographies or poetry.
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Ottaviani had previously written books and comics on scientific figures, but had never written a work ofhistoricalfiction.
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Since then, she has continued to write poetry,historicalfiction, and nonfiction biographical works for children.
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His work remainedhistoricalfiction, yet it questioned existing historical perceptions.
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This is a book to add to every collection ofhistoricalfiction.
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Radish is currently working on a collection of autobiographical essays and ahistoricalfictionnovel.
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The novel radically subverts the conventions ofhistoricalfictiondue to its idiosyncratic time structure.
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