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22 de mai. de 2024 · The term ‘English literature’ refers to the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles from the 7th century to the present, ranging from drama, poetry, and fiction to autobiography and historical writing.
English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon invaders in the fifth century, are called Old English.
26 de abr. de 2023 · This illustrated and fully updated Third Edition of The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English is the most authoritative and international survey of world literature in English available. The Guide covers everything from Old English to contemporary writing from all over the English-speaking world.
Literary genres, such as comedy and tragedy, fable, farce and melodrama. Poetic forms and sub-genres of drama and fiction, such as acrostic, the elegy, the revenge tragedy and the Gothic novel. Critical terms, such as metaphor, symbol, dialogism, intertextual-ity and unreliable narrator.
22 de mai. de 2024 · The classics of English literature: whether you're reading for school or for pleasure, it can be hard to get a grip on the Western canon—and even harder to understand it. Thankfully, out of the 1500+ interviews on Five Books, scores of them cover every topic and most major authors you’re likely to encounter in a survey English ...
8 de nov. de 2023 · Stanford Libraries' collections of literature in English include contemporary fiction and poetry, literary criticism, academic journals on literary studies, and digital resources related to English literature from the around the world.
22 de mai. de 2024 · English literature - Modernism, Poetry, Novels: The 20th century opened with great hope but also with some apprehension, for the new century marked the final approach to a new millennium.
