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[{"role": "system", "content": "Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past. Historical fiction can be an umbrella term; though commonly used as a synonym for describing the historical novel; the term can be applied to works in other narrative formats, such as those in the performing and visual arts like theatre, opera, cinema and television, as well as video games and graphic novels. An essential element of historical fiction is that it is set in the past and pays attention to the manners, social conditions and other details of the period depicted. Authors also frequently choose to explore notable historical figures in these settings, allowing readers to better understand how these individuals might have responded to their environments. Some subgenres such as alternate history and historical fantasy insert speculative or ahistorical elements into a novel. Works of historical fiction are sometimes criticized for lack of authenticity because of readerly or genre expectations for accurate period details. This tension between historical authenticity, or historicity, and fiction frequently becomes a point of comment for readers and popular critics, while scholarly criticism frequently goes beyond this commentary, investigating the genre for its other thematic and critical interests.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "historical fiction can be very cool"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I read a really cool historical fiction book about Michelangelo which I was in school. It took place in the historical setting of the Renaissance period.  "}, {"role": "user", "content": "oh thats quite interesting"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah it was really interesting because the book paid close attention to the manners, social conditions and other details of the period, including how insane some of those popes were."}, {"role": "user", "content": "yea thats what makes it so cool all the details and interesting facts and changes"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think they are great because they can give the reader a first person point of view on how the historical figures may have responded in a particular setting or environment. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "yea it really is very interesting and fun to read"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "These works of historical fiction are sometimes criticized by historians for their lack of authenticity, because they sometimes give the reader false expectations."}, {"role": "user", "content": "yea i can understand if they arent very well thought out"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes the tension between trying to  historical authenticity, or historicity, and fiction seems to be a tough line to maintain and is a popular point of criticism from readers and critics alike. "}]