Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Part 11
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780766136830
Subjects: Ethics & moral philosophy; Reference works; Religion & Beliefs; Reference; Religion; Religion - Commentaries / Reference
First sentence: FICTION (Primitive, Oriental, and Graeco-Roman).-By the term 'fiction' in the literary sense we understand any tale or narrative-whatever its length and whether in poetry or prose-told or written for amusement or for instruction.