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Fantasy novels and science fiction stories that discuss impossible events can have verisimilitude if the reader is able to read them with suspended disbelief (Eagleton)<ref name=Ref3/>. To say that a work has a high degree of verisimilitude means that the work is very realistic and believable--it is "true to life" (Harris)<ref name=Ref2/>. | Fantasy novels and science fiction stories that discuss impossible events can have verisimilitude if the reader is able to read them with suspended disbelief (Eagleton)<ref name=Ref3/>. To say that a work has a high degree of verisimilitude means that the work is very realistic and believable--it is "true to life" (Harris)<ref name=Ref2/>. | ||
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*Cuddon, J.A. "Verisimilitude." The Penguin Dictionary Of Literary Terms and Literary Theory fourth edition. 1976,1977,1979,1991,1998. | *Cuddon, J.A. "Verisimilitude." The Penguin Dictionary Of Literary Terms and Literary Theory fourth edition. 1976,1977,1979,1991,1998. | ||
*Cuddon, J.A. Penguin Books, London. "Verisimilitude." Bibliography: ''A Dictionary of Literary Terms'', 1977 [http://www.senri.ed.jp/Departments/english/littrms.htm] | *Cuddon, J.A. Penguin Books, London. "Verisimilitude." Bibliography: ''A Dictionary of Literary Terms'', 1977 [http://www.senri.ed.jp/Departments/english/littrms.htm] | ||
*Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. "Verisimilitude." ''Merriam-Webster's Encylopedia of Literature'' 1995 | |||
*Mifflin, Houghton. "Verisimilitude." ''Webster’s II New College Dictionary.'' 2001,1999,1995 | |||
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*<ref name=Ref1> Dr. L. Wheeler, Kip. "Verisimilitude." ''Literary Terms and Definitions:V.'' 1998-2003. <http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/wheeler/lit_terms_V.html> | *<ref name=Ref1> Dr. L. Wheeler, Kip. "Verisimilitude." ''Literary Terms and Definitions:V.'' 1998-2003. <http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/wheeler/lit_terms_V.html> | ||