Heptalogy

 A heptalogy (from Greek ἑπτα- hepta-, "seven" and -λογία -logia, "discourse"), also known as a septology, is a compound literary or narrative work that is made up of seven distinct works.^[1] While not in wide usage, it has been used to describe such examples as the Harry Potter series of books,^[2] and The Chronicles of Narnia.^[3]

Collection of the Harry Potter book series, an example of a heptalogy

ExamplesEdit

Heptalogy	Dates	Author
The Cycle of Life[4]	1914	Edward Maryon
In Search of Lost Time[5]	1913–1927	Marcel Proust
The Chronicles of Narnia[6]	1949–1954	C. S. Lewis
Le Livre des questions (The Book of Questions)[7]	1963–1973 (1976–1984 in English)	Edmond Jabès
Narratives of Empire[8]	1967–2000	Gore Vidal
Licht[9]	1977–2003	Karlheinz Stockhausen
Harry Potter[2]	1997–2007	J. K. Rowling

Planned heptalogy	Dates	Author
Luther[10]	1613–1630	Martin Rinkart
Eugene Gant[11]	1935–1941	Thomas Wolfe
The Ages of Man[12]	1956	Thornton Wilder
The Children of Kronos[13]	1987–1991	Alexandros Kotzias
Heptalogía de Hieronymus Bosch[14]	1997-2006	Rafael Spregelburd
A Song of Ice and Fire[15]	1996–20??	George R. R. Martin

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