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thesaurus (1852)
adventure novel (mid 19th century)
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romanticism (19th century)
feuilleton (end of the 18th century)
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experimental literature (1759)
encyclopedia (1751)
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picaresque novel (1554)
commonplaces (14th century)
renaissance humanism (late 14th century)
novella (1353)
travel literature (1336)
renaissance (14th century)
sonnet (1250)
chanson de geste (12-15 century)
acritic song (10th century)
chivalric romance (middle ages)
dictionary (4th century bc)
literary criticism (4th century bc)
fable (mid-sixth century bc)
classical antiquity (7th century bc - 5th century ad)
national epics (8th century bc)
iron age (1200-700 bc)
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early writing systems (late 4th millennium bc)
bronze age (3500-1200 bc)
proto-writing (7th millennium bc)
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