historical fiction Archives - Valette Céline ARTISTE - AUTRICE Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:22:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Truth and historical fiction https://www.valette-celine.com/en/truth-and-historical-fiction/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 14:00:34 +0000 https://www.valette-celine.com/?p=1861 As an author, it is logical to ask questions about writing such as: if I write historical fiction must it necessarily respect a historical background? It is often by approaching a definition that the solution appears. A historical fiction is above all a literary work and unlike a book written by a historian whose objective …

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]]> As an author, it is logical to ask questions about writing such as: if I write historical fiction must it necessarily respect a historical background?
It is often by approaching a definition that the solution appears. A historical fiction is above all a literary work and unlike a book written by a historian whose objective would be to relate the facts with the greatest accuracy, taking liberties with the text is part of the artistic process. It is up to everyone to situate themselves according to their personnality, more or less close to what we could consider as historical reality.
Sometime ago, I read an interesting article about the new film adaptation of The 3 Musketeers (A. Dumas) after seeing the film. And that made me think. It is obvious that the author imagined many facts on a historical background but at no time did the novelist position himself as a specialist but more as an enthusiast who made his characters live adventures. And this, whether he worked alone or in a group. I think as an author, writing historical fiction is different from writing historical essays.

Link :

Lire Magazine littéraire n°517 (article read about 3 musketeers)

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]]> Historical fiction : searching information https://www.valette-celine.com/en/searching-information/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 08:44:12 +0000 https://www.valette-celine.com/?p=1080 When you have an idea about a subject that requires accurate historical information, it’s not always easy to know where to search. Here are some tips that I learned. They could be useful to you. The documents come from several types and are not all in the same place. People houses: Letters, intimate correspondence. Testimonials …

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]]> When you have an idea about a subject that requires accurate historical information, it’s not always easy to know where to search. Here are some tips that I learned. They could be useful to you. The documents come from several types and are not all in the same place.

People houses:

Letters, intimate correspondence. Testimonials from the era or descendants (stories passed down within the family or heard)

Archives: (national archives etc.)

Medical reports

Minutes

Birth certificates

Period newspapers

Theses: (specialized websites, universities etc.)

History student theses

Books :

Current authors who have written on or around the same topic

Local fund:

Public Library

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