Home›The Novel and Its Forms›Era of Emergence›By Decade›1680sBrowse By1680sFacts1680sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1605 11680sFilter Results1 entryGenre FamilyAllJapanese Novel Traditions (1)GroupAllJapanese Novel Traditions (1)Place of OriginAllJapan (1)Show ResultsUkiyo-zōshi1680sSources1. Novel (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)Novel, lead section, Cervantes 1605 sentence (genre)Quote, Novel, lead section, Cervantes 1605 sentence (genre)Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote (the first part of which was published in 1605), is frequently cited as the first significant European novelist of the modern era.View the SourceComments (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.