Fictitious+literature

  • 21Faction (literature) — Faction, a neologism, in literature, describes a text as based on real historical figures, and actual events, woven together with fictitious allegations.Faction is often disliked as confusing to people who are trying to find facts. For example,… …

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  • 22ZOHAR — (Heb. זֹהַר; (The Book of) Splendor ), the central work in the literature of the kabbalah . Introduction In some parts of the book the name Zohar is mentioned as the title of the work. It is also cited by the Spanish kabbalists under other names …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 23Literary genre — A literary genre is a category of literary composition. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length. Genre should not be confused with age category, by which literature may be… …

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  • 24Fiction — Fic tion, n. [F. fiction, L. fictio, fr. fingere, fictum to form, shape, invent, feign. See {Feign}.] 1. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind. Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is feigned,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 25fiction — noun Etymology: Middle English ficcioun, from Middle French fiction, from Latin fiction , fictio act of fashioning, fiction, from fingere to shape, fashion, feign more at dough Date: 14th century 1. a. something invented by the imagination or… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26Anthony Trollope — Infobox Person name = Anthony Trollope image size = 200px caption = Anthony Trollope birth name = birth date = April 24, 1815 birth place = London death date = December 6, 1882 death place = London death cause = resting place = resting place… …

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  • 27Baital Pachisi — or Vetala Panchvimshati ( Twenty five tales of Baital ) or Vikram and The Vampire is a collection of tales and legends from India. It was originally written in Sanskrit. Like Arabian Nights , it is a set of tales, within a frame story.According… …

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  • 28fictional — fic·tion·al || fɪkʃənl adj. fabricated; fanciful, of the imagination; of or pertaining fictitious literature …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 29fiction — n. 1. Invention, fancy, fantasy, imagination. 2. Novel, romance, work of fiction, feigned story. 3. Fabrication, figment, invention, fable, falsehood, lie. 4. Fictitious literature …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 30ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction       the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …

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