encyclopedic fiction

English

Noun

encyclopedic fiction (uncountable)

  1. A work of fiction employing a variety of forms to explore its subject exhaustively.
    While ostensibly a romantic novel, Moby Dick can also be viewed as an encyclopedic fiction.
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