Literary fiction
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Literary fiction—also called serious fiction, high literature, artistic literature, or sometimes just literature—encompasses fiction that is more character-driven than plot-driven, examines the human
Dante Meditating on the Divine Comedy. Jean-Jacques Feuchère, 1843.
Encyclopedic novel
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The encyclopedic novel is a genre of complex literary fiction which incorporates elements across a wide range of scientific, academic, and literary subjects. The concept was coined by Edward Mendelson
Literary fiction
…artistic merit than popular genre fiction. Some categories of literary fiction, such as historical fiction, magic realism, autobiographical novels, and encyclopedic novels, are frequently called genres without being considered genre fiction. Some authors are seen as writing literary equivalents or precursors to established…
Mendelson considered James Joyce's Ulysses an "encyclopedic narrative".