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European literature of the 18th century refers to literature (poetry, drama, satire, essays, and novels) produced in Europe during this period. The 18th century saw the development of the modern novel as literary genre, in fact many candidates for the first novel in English date from this period, of which Daniel Defoe's 1719 Robinson Crusoe is probably the best known.
The libertine novel was an 18th-century literary genre of which the roots lay in the European but mainly French libertine tradition. The genre effectively ended with the French Revolution. Themes of libertine novels were anti-clericalism, anti-establishment and eroticism.
The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. Chesterton: reign of Alfred the Great, 9th century England; The Saga of King Olaf by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: reign of Olaf Tryggvason, 10th century Norway; Madoc by Robert Southey: legend of Madoc, 12th century Wales; Isabella, or the Pot of Basil and The Eve of St. Agnes by John Keats: European Middle ...
18th-century science fiction novels (4 C) * Characters in novels of the 18th century (2 C) A. 18th-century American novels (13 P) B. 18th-century British novels (14 C ...
A 20th-century Polish engineer is transported back to 13th-century Poland, ten years before the Mongol invasion. 1987 Sphere: Michael Crichton: A man made space ship from the far future passes through a wormhole. It crashes onto the Earth where it is thought to be an alien vessel. 1987 A Tale of Time City: Diana Wynne Jones
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Pages in category "Fiction set in the 18th century" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
Prose and poetic literature within western regions, most prominently in England during the early modern era, had a distinct Biblical influence [3] which only began to be rejected during the Enlightenment period of the 18th century. [58] European poetry during the 17th century tended to meditate on or reference the scriptures and teachings of ...