Historical fiction shapes our collective memory, personifies key events and periods, reveals the deeper roots of contemporary ...

Historical fiction novels are a wonderful blending that allows us to learn about historical events in the embrace of a story.

This is probably the quintessential example of historical fiction based in Eastern Virginia — including Williamsburg — between the American Revolution and the Civil War.

Indeed, historical fiction shapes popular understandings of the past. Of course, historical fiction can exploit the past—reducing the past to an exotic stage set. It frequently romanticizes, ...

Historical fiction in anime and manga drives narratives that explore modern themes and engage with complex ideas using the past as a backdrop. ... For example, Wu Cheng'en's 16th-century novel, ...

Historical fiction novels often tell fantastical tales set in real places or times. ... If a dream cast steps in, however, ...

IDEAS We’re drowning in historical fiction Books about the past get most of the prestige. That’s boxing writers in — and some more so than others.

Historical fiction is suddenly everywhere. It’s on the bestseller list, ... Toni Morrison’s 1987 book Beloved is a prime example of (and a prime contributor to) this shift.

Historical fiction is lived experience, often traumatic, made legible and digestible by the novelist, and people want to know what kind of instruments the author used to excavate said experiences.

Fast-forward to the present, and the past has taken over. A historical novel has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 12 out of the last 15 years, and historical fiction has made up 70 percent of ...