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proto-novelist
proto-novelist n. 
/ˌprəʊtə(ʊ)ˈnɒvl̩ɪst/,
Brit. /ˌprəʊtə(ʊ)ˈnɒvəlɪst/
, /ˌprəʊtə(ʊ)ˈnɒvəlɪst//ˌprəʊtə(ʊ)ˈnɒvl̩ɪst/U.S. /ˌproʊdoʊˈnɑvələst/
/ˌproʊdoʊˈnɑvələst/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > novelist > first or original
proto-novelist1976
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Nov. 1459/4 Bunyan's humanity and his raciness and his humour and everything that makes him a proto-novelist.
1996 Tulsa Stud. Women's Lit. 15 279 Manley was one of several early women novelists and protonovelists whose primary theme was the rejection of the sexual commodification of women.
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