Genre

Genre

Established categories of literary works or other forms of art or entertainment that are based on some set of stylistic criteria or conventions.

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Hindu texts

Literature; Genre

There are two types of Hindu texts: Hindu religious texts and Hindu classical texts. Conventionally, Hindu literature group into two categories: Shruti - that which is revealed and Smriti - that ...

history

Literature; Genre

History is the study of the past, specifically how it relates to humans. It is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of ...

historical fantasy

Literature; Genre

Historical fantasy is a sub-genre of historical fiction that incorporates fantastic elements (such as magic) into the narrative. It is used as an umbrella term for the sword and sorcery genre and ...

historical fiction

Literature; Genre

Historical fiction is a literary genre that takes place in the past. The setting is drawn from history, and often contains historical persons. Writers of stories in this genre work to portray the ...

historical novel

Literature; Genre

A historical novel is a novel set in the past and intended to evoke the conditions of a past period. Many historical novels include historical figures as major or minor characters (see also ...

This article focusses on a sub-genre of fiction, a type of love, or romance novel. It is a mass market, genre fiction version of the historical romance, which Walter Scott helped popularize in the ...

historical mystery

Literature; Genre

The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a subgenre of two literary genres, historical fiction and mystery fiction. These works are set in a time period considered historical from the ...