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Tropes first documented between the invention of the steam engine (1698) and the radio (1890s). |
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This is the classic age of English literature, and of the penny dreadful: Sir [[Walter Scott]], [[Jane Austen]] and [[Charles Dickens]], but also ''[[Frankenstein (novel)|Frankenstein]]'', ''[[Varney the Vampire]]'' and ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]''. It is also the last time when books dominated popular entertainment, although many of these 'books' were originally serialised in magazines, such as The Strand, Blackwood's etc. |
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This is also when many compilations of legends and fairy tales were collected and recorded, such as 19th-century Finnish work ''[[The Kalevala]]'', the [[Child Ballad]]s, [[The Brothers Grimm (creator)|The Brothers Grimm]] books, and most European [[Fairy Tale]] collections. |
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Revision as of 21:37, 4 March 2015
Tropes first documented between the invention of the steam engine (1698) and the radio (1890s).
This is the classic age of English literature, and of the penny dreadful: Sir Walter Scott, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, but also Frankenstein, Varney the Vampire and Sherlock Holmes. It is also the last time when books dominated popular entertainment, although many of these 'books' were originally serialised in magazines, such as The Strand, Blackwood's etc.
This is also when many compilations of legends and fairy tales were collected and recorded, such as 19th-century Finnish work The Kalevala, the Child Ballads, The Brothers Grimm books, and most European Fairy Tale collections.
Pages in category "Older Than Radio"
The following 150 pages are in this category, out of 150 total.