This is the true mimesis-the re-creation or fresh creation of fictitious reality.
"The English Novel"
George Saintsbury
Sometimes, for a scene or two, her truth to nature and fact is rewarded by that curious sense of recognition which the reader feels in the presence of actual mimesis-of creation of fictitious fact and person.
"The English Novel"
George Saintsbury
51. What is mimesis?
"1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading"
B. A. Hathaway