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  2. History of literature - Wikipedia

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    The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry ... many of the literary approaches and styles invented by the Greeks and ...

  3. Literature - Wikipedia

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    Literature is any collection of written work, ... and was spread to Korea later. Around 1230, Koreans invented a metal type movable printing. East metal movable type ...

  4. List of years in literature - Wikipedia

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    This article gives a chronological list of years in literature, with notable publications listed with their respective years and a small selection of notable events. The time covered in individual years covers Renaissance , Baroque and Modern literature, while Medieval literature is resolved by century.

  5. History of writing - Wikipedia

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    Scholars have disagreed concerning when written record-keeping became more like literature, but the oldest surviving literary texts date from a full millennium after the invention of writing. The earliest literary author known by name is Enheduanna , who is credited as the author of a number of works of Sumerian literature, including Exaltation ...

  6. Timeline for invention in the arts - Wikipedia

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    553 - Scandal literature was invented by Procopius in Anecdota. 808 - Copying written works by printing was invented by the Chinese, who created The Diamond Sutra, a seven-page paper scroll printed with woodblocks. 1022 - The romance novel was invented by Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese noblewoman who wrote Genji the Shining One.

  7. Ancient literature - Wikipedia

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    Ancient literature comprises religious and scientific documents, tales, poetry and plays, royal edicts and declarations, and other forms of writing that were recorded on a variety of media, including stone, clay tablets, papyri, palm leaves, and metal.

  8. Category:History of literature - Wikipedia

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    11th century in literature; 12th century in literature; 13th century in literature; 14th century in literature; 15th century in literature; 16th century in literature; 17th century in literature; 18th century in literature; List of 18th-century British working-class writers; 19th century in literature; List of 21st-century writers; 1369 in ...

  9. History of Latin - Wikipedia

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    The Golden age of Latin literature is a period consisting roughly of the time from 75 BC to AD 14, ...