Home›Short, Lyric and Nonfiction 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 Results5 entriesArea (sq km)All632,702.3 (1)9,572,900 (1)9,866,632 (1)10,186,000 (1)24,709,000 (1)Country CountAll23 (1)44 (1)Highest Elevation (m)All5642 (1)6190 (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1776 (1)1949 (1)PopulationAll69,081,996 (1)340,587,000 (1)592,296,233 (1)745,173,774 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5ChinaPlace of Origin1 entryEuropePlace of Origin2 entriesFrancePlace of Origin3 entriesNorth AmericaPlace of Origin1 entryUnited StatesPlace of Origin1 entryComments (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.