Historical fiction is a genre, which fascinates many readers. ... The genre of historical fiction varies greatly in accuracy from story to story, but Voltaire chose to make this famous satire very historically accurate, in order for the people of his time period to be able to relate to it. ... " In this way, Voltaire supports historically significant ideas in his book. ... " through this quote, Voltaire personally rejects the idea of optimism. ... Voltaire effectively used historical accuracy, to relate historians and readers from his time period to the book, while also using the rig...

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A Tale of Two Cities- A Historical fiction A Tale of Two Cities is a novel categorized as historical fiction. Historical fiction is a composite material, with a portion of history embedded in a matrix of fiction. ... The quote describes the spirit of the era in which this story takes place. ... There are many events in France that makes A Tale of Two Cities historical fiction. ... A Tale of Two Cities is well portrayed by Dickens as historical fiction. ...

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I've never seen so many years used in a historical fiction book in my life. ... I think this was what can make a historical fiction book seem like it had actually happened. From the several historical fiction books I've read in the past, they lack a lot of historical context, in which, I can't even remember all the historical fiction books I've read because I have most likely considered them plain fiction. ... As I keep mentioning about how "real" this historical fiction book is, it also has to deal with the way Arthur Golden told this story. ... I particularly remembered ...

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"The truth is indeed stranger than fiction," says H. ... One cannot write a historical nonfiction book without doing at least a little bit of research. ... He called historical societies, libraries and other local historians. He conferred with historical organizations that had files on spies that were in their area. ... Albans Historical Museums. ...

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This quote was an extraordinary example of how the propaganda in Steinbeck's novel was not well disguised, according to Isherwood. Perhaps though, that Steinbeck was not propagandizing but attempting to bring historical perspective and accuracy to his work. ... Historical research would accurately prove instances where these people lived in squalid conditions in camps called "Hoovervilles."" ... His points could have yielded more credibility if he had included critical details such as a quote from the novel proving his argument in which Ma Joad and Casy were no more than Steinbeck...

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Although slavery existed on vast scale in those times, "Spartacus and the Slave Wars" based on historical documents differed from one based on popular modern day fictional accounts. ... However, none of this is documented in the historical sources and was probably added in to have the seemingly mandatory love interest that is in Hollywood movies. ... It is clear that the film Spartacus is not a completely historically accurate depiction of the actual events that happened around 73 BC. ... However, in doing this, the film has become less historically accurate to the extent that it could even be...

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From implausible, daring escapes to unrealistic accounts of the savagery of the Native Americans, James Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans emphasizes the "fiction" in historical fiction. ... As the book progresses from one blood-splattered chase scene to another, it becomes clear that the author is interested more in gratuitous sensationalism than writing serious literature, as the quoting of Shakespeare might imply. ... This clearly contrasts with historical fact, which tends to put the blame completely upon European settlers. ... Is a consensual, mass hallucination really a part of histo...

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The Fiftieth Gate, a non-fiction biography written by Mark Baker, and the film Everything Is Illuminated, directed by Liev Schreiber, both portray how personal recollections can challenge the traditional documented history of the Holocaust, colored by the biases and opinions of the author of the story. ... The continued use of imagery and personification within this quote effectively demonstrates the pain and brutality experienced by Yossl as he visits one of his concentration camps. ... Directed by Liev Schreiber, this text explores the idea that tangible evidence of a historical event can ju...

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Domestic Disobedience and the role of women in "The Revolt of "Mother"" In an essay by Mary Wilkins Freeman Reflecting on her story "The Revolt of "Mother"" she wrote that: In the first place all fiction ought to be true and "The Revolt of "Mother" " is not true . . . . ... (qtd. in Gassler) The above quote reveals Freeman's understanding that the dominant views of how society and the family are structured are rarely challenged or even seen as a problem. ... The second historical event and figure that Freeman alludes to is General James Wolfe. ... This quote expresses the similaritie...

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He also, wrote a number of children's stories, and probably was the first to write a science fiction book. ... One such eastern writer, if I may quote, also used a plot in the same fashion, he wrote a play called, "Anarkali". ... Not a different setting as compared to other fiction of similar nature Stockton planned to lull his reader into believing that it is another medieval plot with the same story line. ... Historically, speaking Kings were noticed to have the story twirling around their little finger, if they please, they can give it a soft touch. ... The story might be a fiction, bu...

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These social and political criticisms were addressed in different ways between the mediums and thus make slightly different commentaries directed to two very different audiences that reflect a message of historical significance specific to that period in time. ... The first and more obvious of the two is that in order for a film to sell the idea of a science fiction title there are certain requirements they must meet to sell the idea to the masses. ... The specific details he personally selected regarding his soon to be altered memories all came to exist within the events that preceded that q...

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""Mending Wall- is different from the other poems in North of Boston because it is opposed to visions of human existence and focuses on the psychological necessities of sustaining fictions-(Lentricchia). ... "Mending Wall- has many historical references! One of the historical references goes back to Ancient Rome. ... "As he inspected the Berlin Wall he quoted the poem's first line: "Something there is that doesn't love a wall."" ... This helps to illustrate Frost's quote, as he says that they used the line, "Good fences make good neighbors,"" to explain to Eastern Berliners ...

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Irving was called the literary vagabond in England, Holland, France and Italy and frequently wrote using the creative tools of fiction to comment on historical background and events of American history. ... (P.274) This quote shows how Rip Van Winkle interacted with the children of the village, and it tells the reader what the American children in the early 1800s enjoyed playing. ... As said, this was the first written American short story, and its creativity and imagination is incomparable to the prior writings of American literature which were basically historical and religious writi...

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In many instances the historical literature that stems from different cultures shares in the history. ... This quote from Yeats' poem was one that really had the heart felt meaning Yeats seemed to by trying to express. ... Cultural Messages Many different genre of literature contain stereotypes, fiction and non-fiction, but they also contain different cultural messages. ...

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Knowledge on social and historical factors that have effected an author's novel allows the reader to have greater general insight into the novel if they are understood. ... Social and historical circumstances of Mary Shelley's audience would have been similar to the characters in the novel, as were there reactions. ... Understanding the historical and social context of Mary Shelley's work gives insight into reasons for character development, this is significant to understanding how characters were constructed. As the original science fiction novel, Mary Shelley's Frankenste...

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This quote explains a lot about Steinbeck's life and his perspective on the time period in which he lived. ... During his life, Steinbeck lived through many historical events in both the world and the United States. ... Steinbeck is known most famously as a realistic fiction writer in most of his books. ... He won many awards for his writing, especially his fiction works, and he changed literature forever. ... For a national book award for fiction, to a Nobel prize in literature (Tuttleton). ...

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" (Matthew 10:34) After a thorough reading of "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth," one may find it sort of ironic that Reza Aslan exposes the reader to this quote from the gospel of Matthew. ... All other supposed birth locations were an attempt to fulfill the messianic prophecies for the Jesus, the eternal logos, not the historical man. The historical Jesus was, however, a tekton. ... This historical Jesus deserves more praise than Jesus Christ. Consequently, it is safe to say that reality is sometimes darker than in fiction....

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Finally, some of the other theorists that Postman quotes include Marshall McLuhan who argues that the medium becomes the message since it control all human interaction hence, as Postman argued, we become tools of that which we created; Dracula-style. ... This is supported by literary writings such as from Twain, poetry of Walt Whitman, prose of Thoreau, fiction of Aldous Huxley, and speeches of Lincoln. ... From what I know of historical figures and literary works quoted by Postman, it seems to me that he falls into this error in more places than one. ...

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"The old mysteries have given way to a new style,"" This quote alone illustrates the changing nature of gothic literature through the centuries. Indeed, the styles of texts presenting vampirism have greatly altered with the times, reflecting a large proportion of societal values. In the novel Dra...

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The main characters are well known, quotes are being made. ... Some of them are interpretation of past historical events, attempting to sever ties to common ideas on a period for instance. ... Some games choose to focus on an impeccable design, creating imaginary worlds which are getting as real as fiction can get. ... The player can be faced with cornelian choices in games depicting some atrocious events or he can evolve in an imaginary world where he can escape daily life just like he would with a fantasy book or a science-fiction movie. ...

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Her legacy became anything but silent and she appears in multiple historical works by Plato, Xenophon, Cicero, Athenaeus, and Plutarch.4 It is clear she had an immense impact on her male counterparts, perhaps the most over her live-in lover Pericles. ... For example, Aspasia literally means, "the desired one," which was likely a name given to her or one she took when entering the courtesan profession.6 Despite the fact that we can never truly know who Aspasia was, there is good reason to believe she had been a powerful and influential woman because while all other woman remained sile...

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Her legacy became anything but silent and she appears in multiple historical works by Plato, Xenophon, Cicero, Athenaeus, and Plutarch.4 It is clear she had an immense impact on her male counterparts, perhaps the most over her live-in lover Pericles. ... For example, Aspasia literally means, "the desired one," which was likely a name given to her or one she took when entering the courtesan profession.6 Despite the fact that we can never truly know who Aspasia was, there is good reason to believe she had been a powerful and influential woman because while all other woman remained sile...

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Furthermore it is critical to note that historically Indigenous Australians have been subject to oppressive treatment by police and therefore they do have a distrust and resentment toward police officers. ... It is now known that Britain did not abide by this international law and therefore it's claim of sovereignty was based on legal fiction and the myth of terra nullius. This is a pertinent point in the historical context of colonisation as it exemplifies the fact that whilst Britain claimed sovereignty over Australia, it's claim was based on legal fiction and the contested soverei...

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Historical heroes score at low levels as well, indicating some of the differences between the ancient and modern views of the hero (Kitaguchi). ... In the ancient world, mythology was not fiction, but was the religion of the people (?... quotes Carl Sagan (qtd. inHistory?). ...

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This quote supports the fact that women weren't seen as significantly as men since they still had doubts about them having more authority or being equal in general. ... Another aspect related to the Jazz age is the historical and political roots presented in the novel. ... Although The Great Gatsby is fiction, it provides readers with the veracity of how the other side lived....

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