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Historical novel

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Author(s): Lampart, Fabian
1. DefinitionThe historical novel is a subgenre of the novel in which authentic historical personages, events, and circumstances are presented in varying degrees of fictionalization, or in which fiction and history are melded in a narrative configuration (Fictionality). The term historical novel (French  roman historique, Italian  romanzo storico, German historischer Roman) became established in European-Angloamerican literature around 1820 in the context of the reception of Walter Scott’s novels; however, it was already in use in the 18th ce…
Date: 2019-10-14