Postmodern literature
Precursors to postmodern literature include Miguel de Cervantes’ "Don Quixote" ( 1605-1615 ) , Laurence Sterne’s "Tristram Shandy" ( 1760-1767 ) , and Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" ( 1957 ) , but postmodern literature was particularly prominent in the 1960s and 1970s . 
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