What does the genre historical fiction mean?

Answer 1

Historical fiction is a genre of literature that blends fictional stories with real historical events, settings, or figures. It allows authors to creatively explore the past while staying rooted in factual elements to provide readers with a sense of authenticity.

Answer 2

The term literary fiction is most accepted to mean a work of fiction that is considered serious and of quality by critics, as opposed to mass market or popular fiction which is of lower quality and designed primarily to entertain. Other uses include reference to a plot device analogous to poetic license or to refer to the body of written fiction as a whole.

Answer 3

Historical fiction means that the setting is set in some historical environment and that the facts are kept as close to accurate as possible. When the facts are not kept accurate you stray into what is called alternate history.

Answer 4

General Fiction is simply that, general. It doesn't fit in any genre category.