Home›Lyric and Short Poetic Forms›Place of OriginBrowse ByPlace of OriginPlace of origin names where a genre was first written. Wikipedia records that "the first work to be labelled as Gothic was Horace Walpole's 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto," a single English novel that gave an entire genre its name. This dimension shows which places have given the world their own genres of writing.Place of OriginComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Place of OriginFilter Results8 entriesArea (sq km)All41,291 (1)43,094 (1)132,049 (1)242,500 (1)302,069 (1)505,983 (1)9,866,632 (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1492 (1)1776 (1)1801 (1)1832 (1)1848 (1)1861 (1)PopulationAll6,001,008 (1)9,154,242 (1)9,267,000 (1)49,752,000 (1)58,900,000 (1)69,414,000 (1)340,587,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8DenmarkPlace of Origin1 entryGreecePlace of Origin13 entriesItalyPlace of Origin1 entryMesopotamiaPlace of Origin1 entrySpainPlace of Origin1 entrySwitzerlandPlace of Origin2 entriesUnited KingdomPlace of Origin8 entriesUnited StatesPlace of Origin10 entriesComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.