the start of Western literature. Their greatest single contribution was drama, a form of
literature that has continued undiminished to the present day. Other literary forms that
developed from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans onward have been poetry in its
many different styles and forms, the essay, biography and autobiography, and the novel.
Other types of written work from these periods, dealing with such matters as history,
philosophy, politics, religion, science and criticism may also be classified as literature
from the point of view of style.
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