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Mort and other Discworld books by Terry Pratchett: The diaries of every sentient being ever to live on the Discworld appear. Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut: Memoirs of a Monogamous Casanova, the erotic diary of the protagonist, Howard W. Campbell. Mrs Dale's Diary (BBC Radio Series): The diary mentioned in the title is part of the story.
This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.. For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see Category:Historical novels by setting, which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well ...
Retroactive continuity, or retcon for short, is a literary device in which facts in the world of a fictional work that have been established through the narrative itself are adjusted, ignored, supplemented, or contradicted by a subsequently published work that recontextualizes or breaks continuity with the former.
Masterplots is a reference book series which summarizes the plots of significant works of literature and films. [1] The first edition was published in 1949 by Frank N. Magill of Salem Press. [ 2 ] It remains the flagship product of the publisher.
A heptalogy (/ h ɛ p ˈ t æ l ə dʒ i /; from Greek ἑπτα-hepta-, "seven" and -λογία-logia, "discourse") is a compound literary or narrative work that is made up of seven distinct works. [1] While not in wide usage, it has been used to describe such examples as the Harry Potter series of books, [2] and The Chronicles of Narnia. [3]
Jewish American Literature: Hana Wirth-Nesher and Michael P. Kramer The Latin American Novel: Efraín Kristal The Literature of the First World War: Vincent Sherry The Literature of London: Lawrence Manley The Literature of Los Angeles: Kevin R. McNamara The Literature of New York: Cyrus Patell and Bryan Waterman The Literature of Paris: Anna ...
James, for example, often had his works divided into multi-part segments of similar length. [ 4 ] : 30 The consumption of fiction during that time was different than in the 20th century. Instead of being read in a single volume, a novel would often be consumed by readers in instalments over a period as long as a year, with the authors and ...
In literature, internal analepsis is a flashback to an earlier point in the narrative; external analepsis is a flashback to a time before the narrative started. [ 4 ] In film, flashbacks depict the subjective experience of a character by showing a memory of a previous event and they are often used to "resolve an enigma". [ 5 ]