Home›Speculative and Fantastic Fiction›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 Results13 entriesArea (sq km)All70,273 (1)242,500 (1)302,069 (1)377,975 (1)632,702.3 (1)9,572,900 (1)9,866,632 (1)9,984,670 (1)10,186,000 (1)17,075,400 (1)20,111,457 (1)24,709,000 (1)Country CountAll23 (1)44 (1)Highest Elevation (m)All5642 (1)6190 (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1776 (1)1801 (1)1861 (1)1867 (1)1922 (1)1949 (1)1991 (1)PopulationAll5,458,600 (1)41,417,056 (1)58,900,000 (1)69,081,996 (1)69,414,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)126,266,107 (1)142,557,000 (1)340,587,000 (1)592,296,233 (1)656,098,097 (1)745,173,774 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 13United StatesPlace of Origin23 entriesUnited KingdomPlace of Origin9 entriesChinaPlace of Origin6 entriesJapanPlace of Origin5 entriesFrancePlace of Origin4 entriesCanadaPlace of Origin1 entryEuropePlace of Origin1 entryIrelandPlace of Origin1 entryItalyPlace of Origin1 entryLatin AmericaPlace of Origin1 entryNorth AmericaPlace of Origin1 entryRussiaPlace of Origin1 entryThe American SouthPlace 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.