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English literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (6928 words) |
 | The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian. |
 | The literature of the period is overtly political and thoroughly aware of critical dictates for literature. |
 | Literature for children was published during the Victorian period, some of which has become globally well-known, such as the work of Lewis Carroll who was a proponent of nonsense verse, as was Edward Lear. |
| List of years in literature (2758 words) |
 | 1810 in literature - The Houses of Osma and Almeria - Regina Maria Roche |
 | 1795 in literature - Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (to 1796) - Goethe |
 | 1731 in literature - Insel Felsenburg (to 1743) - Johann Schnabel |