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Tropes first documented between the invention of the steam engine (1698) and the radio (1890s).
Tropes first documented between the invention of the steam engine (1698) and the radio (1890s, if one presumes [[Everyone Knows Morse]]).


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.
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.
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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* [[Acid Reflux Nightmare]]: ''A Christmas Carol'', 1843
* [[Acid Reflux Nightmare]]: ''A Christmas Carol'', 1843
* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: 19th-century gothic horror
* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: 19th-century gothic horror
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* [[Talking Weapon]]: Kullervo's sword in ''[[The Kalevala]]'', and might be older
* [[Talking Weapon]]: Kullervo's sword in ''[[The Kalevala]]'', and might be older
* [[Textbook Humor]]: Johnson's ''Dictionary'' (1755) has entries such as "Lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original and detailing the signification of words."
* [[Textbook Humor]]: Johnson's ''Dictionary'' (1755) has entries such as "Lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original and detailing the signification of words."
* [[Time Travel]]: The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet To Come in ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' (Dickens, 1843)
* [[Trapped in the Past]]: ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court,'' 1889
* [[Trapped in the Past]]: ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court,'' 1889
* [[Tripod Terror]]: ''[[War of the Worlds]]'' by [[H. G. Wells]], 1898
* [[Tripod Terror]]: ''[[War of the Worlds]]'' by [[H. G. Wells]], 1898
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{{The Oldest Ones in the Book}}
[[Category:Liddell and Scott Greek-English Lexicon]]
[[Category:Liddell and Scott Greek-English Lexicon]]
[[Category:Index]]
[[Category:Index]]

Latest revision as of 21:08, 9 January 2021

Tropes first documented between the invention of the steam engine (1698) and the radio (1890s, if one presumes Everyone Knows Morse).

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.

Tropes from this time period:
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