Heptalogy is a rarely used term for a
series of seven creative works that are connected by a common storyline. One recent famous example is the
Harry PotterHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter, together with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his friends from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
series of books. The term is sometimes found in the
nonceA nonce word is a word used only "for the nonce"—to meet a need that is not expected to recur. Quark, for example, was a nonce word in English appearing only in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake until Murray Gell-Mann quoted it to name a new class of subatomic particle...
form "septology", or in the form "septet".
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Heptalogy is a rarely used term for a
series of seven creative works that are connected by a common storyline. One recent famous example is the
Harry PotterHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter, together with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his friends from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
series of books. The term is sometimes found in the
nonceA nonce word is a word used only "for the nonce"—to meet a need that is not expected to recur. Quark, for example, was a nonce word in English appearing only in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake until Murray Gell-Mann quoted it to name a new class of subatomic particle...
form "septology", or in the form "septet".
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| The Cycle of Life |
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Edward Maryon |
In Search of Lost TimeIn Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past is a semi-autobiographical novel in seven volumes by Marcel Proust. His most prominent work, it is popularly known for its extended length and the notion of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine"...
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1913-1927 |
Marcel ProustValentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, essayist, and critic, best known as the author of À la recherche du temps perdu , a monumental work of twentieth-century fiction published in seven parts from 1913 to...
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The Chronicles of NarniaThe Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 120 million copies in 41 languages...
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1949-1954 |
C. S. LewisClive Staples Lewis , commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as Jack, was an Irish-born British novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist...
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| Le Livre des questions (The Book of Questions) |
1963-1973 (1976-1984 in English) |
Edmond Jabès Edmond Jabès was a Jewish writer and poet, and one of the best known literary figures to write in French after World War II.-Life:...
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| Narratives of Empire The Narratives of Empire series is the heptalogy of historical novels, by Gore Vidal, published between 1967 and 2000, telling the story of the American Empire, from dawn to decay, by weaving the private stories of two, fictional, American families with the public stories of historical personages;...
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1973-2000 |
Gore VidalGore Vidal is an American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter and political activist...
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| Licht Licht , subtitled "The Seven Days of the Week," is a cycle of seven operas composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen which, in total, lasts over 29 hours.-Origin:...
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1977-2003 |
Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries...
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| Tomorrow series The Tomorrow series is a series of seven young adult invasion novels written by Australian writer John Marsden, detailing a high-intensity invasion and occupation of Australia by a foreign power...
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1993-1999 |
John Marsden John Marsden is a well known Australian writer.-Career:John Marsden has had an outstanding career as a young adults author, and thrives in the genre of action seen throughout every book he has written...
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| Harry Potter Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter, together with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his friends from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
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1997-2007 |
J. K. RowlingJoanne "Jo" Murray, OBE , better known under the pen name J. K. Rowling , is a British author best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived whilst on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990...
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| Planned heptalogy |
Dates |
Author |
| Luther |
1613-1630 |
Martin Rinkart Martin Rinkart, or Rinckart was a German clergyman and hymnist. He is best known for the text to "Now thank we all our God" , which was written ca. 1636...
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| Eugene Gant |
1935-1941 |
Thomas WolfeThomas Clayton Wolfe was an acclaimed American novelist of the early 20th century.Wolfe wrote four lengthy novels, plus many short stories, dramatic works and novel fragments. He is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodical, and impressionistic prose with autobiographical writing...
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| The Ages of Man |
1956 |
Thornton WilderThornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. His best known work is his play Our Town.-Early years:...
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| The Children of Kronos |
1987-1991 |
Alexandros Kotzias |
| Heptalogía de Hieronymus Bosch |
1997-2006 |
Rafael Spregelburd |
| The Gentleman Bastard Sequence |
2006-2007 |
Scott Lynch Scott Lynch is an American fantasy author, best-known for his Gentleman Bastard series of novels. He resides with his wife Jenny in Western Wisconsin in the city of New Richmond. According to his website, he had a variety of jobs including dishwasher, waiter, web designer, freelance writer and...
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A Song of Ice and FireA Song of Ice and Fire is an award-winning series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the series in 1991 and the first volume was published in 1996. Originally planned as a trilogy, the series now consists of four published volumes...
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1996-???? |
George R. R. MartinGeorge Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for his ongoing epic A Song of Ice and Fire series.-Biography:...
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