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Historical fantasy is a category of fantasy and genre of historical fiction that incorporates fantastic elements (such as magic) into the narrative. There is much crossover with other subgenres of fantasy; those classes as Arthurian, Celtic, or Dark Ages could just as easily be placed in Historical Fantasy.〔Sinclair Frances, "Historical Fantasy", ''Riveting Reads plus Fantasy Fiction'' (UK: School Library Association), 69.〕 Stories fitting this classification generally take place prior to the 20th century. Films of this genre may have plots set in biblical or classical antiquity, often with plots based very loosely on mythology or legends of Greek-Roman history, or the surrounding cultures of the same era. ==Overview== Historical fantasy usually takes one of four common approaches: #Magic, mythical creatures or other supernatural elements co-exist invisibly with the mundane world, with the majority of people being unaware of it. In this, it has a close similarity to contemporary fantasy. This commonly overlaps with the secret history trope. Alternatively, the author's narrative shows or implies that by the present day, magic will have retreated from the world so as to allow history to revert to the familiar version we know.〔John Grant and John Clute, ''The Encyclopedia of Fantasy'', "Thinning", p 942 ISBN 0-312-19869-8〕 An example of this can be found in Lord Dunsany's ''The Charwoman's Shadow'', which takes place in Spain, but which ends with the magician in it removing himself, and all creatures of romance, from the world, thereby ending the Golden Age. #It also can include an alternative history where the past or present has been significantly changed when an actual historical event turned out differently.〔Sinclair Frances, "Historical Fantasy", ''Riveting Reads plus Fantasy Fiction'', (UK: School Library Association), 69.〕 #The story takes place in a secondary world with specific and recognizable parallels to a known place (or places) and a definite historical period, rather than taking the geographic and historical "mix and match" favoured by other works of secondary world fantasy. However, many if not most, works by fantasy authors derive ideas and inspiration from real events, making the borders of this approach unclear. #Historical Fantasy may also be set in a fictional world which resembles a period from history but is not that actual history.〔 All four approaches have overlapped with the subgenre of steampunk commonly associated with science fiction literature. However, not all steampunk fantasy belongs to the historical fantasy subgenre. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Historical fantasy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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