Psychological fiction
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The origins of the psychological novel can be traced as far back as Giovanni Boccaccio's 1344 La Fiammetta; that is before the term psychology was coined.
Another avant la lettre example is Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel Cervantes.
The first rise of the psychological novel as a genre is said to have started with the sentimental novel of which Samuel Richardson's Pamela is a prime example.
In French literature, Stendhal's The Red and the Black is an early psychological novel; it was proceded however, by the lesser-known Adolphe. Madame de La Fayette's "The Princess of Cleves," dating back to the 17th century, is also considered an early precursor of the psychological novel.
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