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Although Don Quixote, published in 1605, is a work of We
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Although Don Quixote, published in 1605, is a _______ work of Western literature and an early example of the modern novel, it is not, as is sometimes claimed, the first novel; an even earlier contender for that designation is The Tale of Genji, an 11th century work of Japanese literature.
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| seminal |
| derivative |
| uninspired | canonical | serial |
| antithetical |
Re: Although Don Quixote, published in 1605, is a work of We
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03 Sep 2019, 19:12
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Only Seminal and Canonical matches here as the blank needs to be filled with a positive word.
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19 Sep 2019, 08:40
19 Sep 2019, 08:40
I understand that seminal fits here perfectly. Canonical also fits with its meaning being prototypical, but then the sentence equivalence is lost, or is it not?
