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Themes Literature- 18th century literature manly consist of poetry, drama, and novels. During the 18th century is when modern novels were seen as a literary genre and many authors of the first novel date back to the 18th century. Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe that he wrote in 1719 is one of the best known novels from this time period. Other genres of the novel during the 18th century were also established. Epistolary, sentimental, historical, gothic, and libertine novels also began to be popular.

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