Encyclopedia - Literature: Encyclopedia - Literature
Literature is literally "acquaintance with letters" as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Literature - Forms Of Literature
Literature - Poetry. A poem is a composition usually written in verse. Poems rely heavily on imagery, precise words choice, and metapho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naturalism Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Naturalism Literature - Literature
As in film, naturalism is the general style, although the flexibility and amorphous quality of prose, as opposed to the concrete visual i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naturalism Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Naturalism Literature - Literature
As in film, naturalism is the general style, although the flexibility and amorphous quality of prose, as opposed to the concrete visual i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust In Art And Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust In Art And Literature - Literature
Some of the more famous works are by Holocaust survivors or victims, such as Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi, and Anne Frank, but there is a subs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust In Art And Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust In Art And Literature - Literature
Some of the more famous works are by Holocaust survivors or victims, such as Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi, and Anne Frank, but there is a subs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caribbean Literature: Encyclopedia - Caribbean Literature
Caribbean literature is literature that takes its setting in or is related to the Caribbean Sea, or is written by authors from the Caribb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Literature: Encyclopedia - Western Literature
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Encyclopedia - Vernacular Literature: Encyclopedia - Vernacular Literature
Vernacular literature is literature written in the vernacular - the speech of the "common people". In the European tradition, this effect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1774 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1774 In Literature
See also: 1773 in literature, other events of 1774, 1775 in literature, list of years in literature. 1774 in literature - Events. 1774 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comparative Literature: Encyclopedia - Comparative Literature
Comparative literature (sometimes abbreviated Comp. lit.) is critical scholarship dealing with the literatures of several different langu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1872 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1872 In Literature
See also: 1871 in literature, other events of 1872, 1873 in literature, list of years in literature. 1872 in literature - Events. 1872 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wisdom Literature: Encyclopedia - Wisdom Literature
Wisdom literature is the a genre of literature common in the Ancient Near East. This genre is characterized by praise of God, often in po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1811 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1811 In Literature
See also: 1810 in literature, other events of 1811, 1812 in literature, list of years in literature. 1811 in literature - Events. 1811 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1921 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1921 In Literature
See also: 1920 in literature, other events of 1921, 1922 in literature, list of years in literature. 1921 in literature - Events. Jorge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1989 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1989 In Literature
See also: 1988 in literature, other events of 1989, 1990 in literature, list of years in literature. 1989 in literature - Events. Febru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1924 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1924 In Literature
See also: 1923 in literature, other events of 1924, 1925 in literature, list of years in literature. 1924 in literature - Events. Ford ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1927 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1927 In Literature
See also: 1926 in literature, other events of 1927, 1928 in literature, list of years in literature. 1927 in literature - Events. Rando...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1941 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1941 In Literature
See also: 1940 in literature, other events of 1941, 1942 in literature, list of years in literature. 1941 in literature - Events. Frank...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1998 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1998 In Literature
See also: 1997 in literature, other events of 1998, 1999 in literature, list of years in literature. 1998 in literature - Events. Novem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1994 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1994 In Literature
See also: 1993 in literature, other events of 1994, 1995 in literature, list of years in literature. 1994 in literature - Events. First...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1996 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1996 In Literature
See also: 1995 in literature, other events of 1996, 1997 in literature, list of years in literature. 1996 in literature - Events. Harpe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1761 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1761 In Literature
See also: 1760 in literature, other events of 1761, 1762 in literature, list of years in literature. 1761 in literature - New books. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1923 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1923 In Literature
See also: 1922 in literature, other events of 1923, 1924 in literature, list of years in literature. 1923 in literature - Events. 1923 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Literature: Encyclopedia - British Literature
British literature is literature from the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The largest part of this literature is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1971 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1971 In Literature
See also: 1970 in literature, other events of 1971, 1972 in literature, list of years in literature. 1971 in literature - Events. The D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vietnamese Literature: Encyclopedia - Vietnamese Literature
Vietnamese literature is literature, both oral and written, created by Vietnamese-speaking people. For much of its history, Vietnam was d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1912 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1912 In Literature
See also: 1911 in literature, other events of 1912, 1913 in literature, list of years in literature. 1912 in literature - Events. Virgi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African Literature: Encyclopedia - African Literature
African literature generally refers to the novels, short stories, and poetry written by African writers during the 20th century. Most of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1943 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1943 In Literature
See also: 1942 in literature, other events of 1943, 1944 in literature, list of years in literature. 1943 in literature - Events. Georg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1922 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1922 In Literature
See also: 1921 in literature, other events of 1922, 1923 in literature, list of years in literature. Under the current U.S. copyright law...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blindness In Literature: Encyclopedia - Blindness In Literature
Different cultures through history have depicted blindness in a variety of ways; among the Greeks, for example, it was a punishment from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia - American Literature
Architecture Cinema Comic books Cuisine Dance Literature Music Poetry Sculpture Television Theater Visual arts American literature refers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1919 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1919 In Literature
See also: 1918 in literature, other events of 1919, 1920 in literature, list of years in literature. 1919 in literature - Events. Wines...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1926 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1926 In Literature
See also: 1925 in literature, other events of 1926, 1927 in literature, list of years in literature. 1926 in literature - Events. Bread...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1925 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1925 In Literature
See also: 1924 in literature, other events of 1925, 1926 in literature, list of years in literature. 1925 in literature - Events. April...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 2005 In Literature
See also: 2004 in literature, other events of 2005, 2006 in literature, list of years in literature. 2005 in literature - Events. Febru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adultery In Literature: Encyclopedia - Adultery In Literature
The theme of adultery features in a wide range of literature through the ages. This is hardly surprising, as the fact of adultery has bee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2001 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 2001 In Literature
See also: 2000 in literature, other events of 2001, 2002 in literature, list of years in literature. 2001 in literature - Events. The f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Literature: Encyclopedia - World Literature
World literature refers to literature from all over the world, including American literature, European literature, Asian literature, Af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Literature: Encyclopedia - Canadian Literature
Canadian literature may be divided in two parts, somewhat like a tree with two great roots. One root is the deeply buried culture of Fran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 2003 In Literature
See also: 2002 in literature, other events of 2003, 2004 in literature, list of years in literature. 2003 in literature - Events. Septe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Children's Literature: Encyclopedia - Children's Literature
There is some debate as to what constitutes children's literature. In general, the term comprises both those books which are selected and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1929 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1929 In Literature
See also: 1928 in literature, other events of 1929, 1930 in literature, list of years in literature. 1929 in literature - Events. Candi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Argument Literature: Encyclopedia - Argument Literature
An argument in literature is a brief summary, often in prose, of a poem or section of a poem or other work. It is often appended to the b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit Literature: Encyclopedia - Sanskrit Literature
Literature in Sanskrit, India's oldest language, and the mother language of several modern languages in India. Given its extensive use in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1990 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1990 In Literature
See also: 1989 in literature, other events of 1990, 1991 in literature, list of years in literature. 1990 in literature - Events. J. K....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Literature: Encyclopedia - Chinese Literature
List of Chinese authors, List of Taiwanese authors, List of Hong Kong authors, Chinese classic texts, Chinese art, Chinese language, Chi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Welsh Literature: Encyclopedia - Welsh Literature
The term Welsh literature may be used to refer to any literature originating from Wales or by Welsh writers. However, it more often refer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic Literature: Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic Literature
Apocalyptic literature was a new genre of prophetical writing that developed in post-Exilic Jewish culture and was popular among millenni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Literature - Hindi Literature
Hindi literature started as religious and philosophical poetry in medieval periods in dialects like Avadhi and Brij. The most famous figu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - English Literature - Georgian Literature
The Georgian poets maintained a conservative approach to poetry. The experiences of the First World War were reflected in the work of war...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy And Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy And Literature - The Philosophy Of Literature
Strictly speaking, the philosophy of literature is a branch of aesthetics, the branch of philosophy that deals with the question, "what i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - English Literature - Augustan Literature
Main article at Augustan literature The term Augustan literature derives from authors of the 1720's and 1730's themselves, who responded ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - English Literature - Victorian Literature
Main article: Victorian literature It was in the Victorian era (1837-1901) that the novel became the leading form of literature in Englis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Literature - The Beginnings Of Literature
Literature and writing, though obviously connected, are not synonymous. The first writings from ancient Sumeria by any reasonable definit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - English Literature - Restoration Literature
Main article: Restoration literature Restoration literature includes both Paradise Lost and the Earl of Rochester's Sodom, the high spiri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - English Literature - Jacobean Literature
After Shakespeare's death, the poet and dramatist Ben Jonson was the leading literary figure of the Jacobean era. However, Jonson's aesth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy And Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy And Literature - The Literature Of Philosophy
Philosophy and literature - Philosophical poems. A number of poets have written poems on philosophical themes, and some important philo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Literature - Fiction Literature
There is comparatively little fictional prose in Arabic literature, although many non-fiction works contained short stories a large propo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Literature - Modern Literature
A revival took place in Arabic literature during the 19th century along with much of Arabic culture and it is referred to in Arabic as al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil Literature - Ancient Literature
Tamil literature - Caṅkam literature. See also: Sangam, Tolkāppiyam, Kumarikkandam The earliest extant Tamil literature is a collect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victorian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Victorian Literature - Other Literature
The Victorians are sometimes credited with inventing childhood, with their efforts to stop child labour and the introduction of compulsor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil Literature - Medieval Literature
Tamil literature - The Bhakti Cult. The spread of religions like Jainism and Buddhism resulted in a new religious movement that saw the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil Literature - Ancient Literature
Tamil literature - Caṅkam literature. See also: Sangam, Tolkāppiyam, Kumarikkandam The earliest extant Tamil literature is a collect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil Literature - Medieval Literature
Tamil literature - The Bhakti Cult. The spread of religions like Jainism and Buddhism resulted in a new religious movement that saw the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Literature - Modern Literature
Modern Korean literature gradually developed under the influence of Western cultural contacts based on trade and economic development. Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish Literature - Folk Literature
Turkish literature was the joint product of the Turkish clans and was mostly oral. Turkish epics dating from those times include the Yara...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Literature - Classical Literature
Classical Korean literature has its roots in traditional folk beliefs and folk tales of the Korean peninsula. Other influences include Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - Southern Literature
Faulkner was part of a southern literary renaissance that also included such figures as Truman Capote (1924-1984) and Flannery O'Connor (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - Colonial Literature
Main articles: Colonial American literature, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - French Literature - French Literature
The French language is a romance dialect derived from Vulgar Latin and heavily influenced principally by Celtic and Frankish. Beginning i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - English Literature - Post-modern Literature
John Fowles and Julian Barnes are examples of Postmodern literature in English. References British Postmodern Fiction by Theo D'Haen, Ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - English Literature - Post-modern Literature
John Fowles and Julian Barnes are examples of Postmodern literature in English. References British Postmodern Fiction by Theo D'Haen, Han...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Invasion Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Invasion Literature - Invasion Literature
The Battle of Dorking (1871) by George Tomkyns Chesney first appeared in Blackwood's Magazine, a respected Victorian political journal re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Literature - Early Indian Literature
Indian epics such as Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavad Gita have influenced countless other works, including Balinese Kecak and other p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Literature - Non-fiction Literature
Arabic literature - Compilations and manuals. In the late 9th century Ibn al-Nadim, a Baghdadi bookseller, compiled a crucial work in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Literature - European Renaissance Literature
Had nothing occurred to change literature in the 1400s but the Renaissance, the break with medieval approaches would have been clear enou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Literature - Later Chinese Literature
Lyric poetry advanced far more in China than in Europe prior to 1000, as multiple new forms developed in the Han, Tang, and Song dynastie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - English Literature - Caroline And Cromwellian Literature
The turbulent years of the mid-17th century, during the reign of Charles I and the subsequent Commonwealth and Protectorate, saw a flouri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Literature - Early Chinese Literature
The first great author on military tactics and strategy was Sun Tzu, whose The Art of War remains on the shelves of many modern military ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Literature - Classical Persian Literature
Persian literature - Pre-Islamic Iranian Literature. We have few literary remains from the ancient Persians. Most of these consist of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - English Literature - Modernism
Main Article: History of modern literature The movement known as English literary modernism grew out of a general sense of disillusionmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Literature - Women In Arabic Literature
Whilst not playing a major part in Arabic literature women have had a continuing role. The earliest poetesses were al-Khansa and Layla al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arabic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Arabic Literature - The Decline Of Arabic Literature
The expansion of the Arab people in the 7th and 8th century brought them into contact with a variety of different peoples who would affec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blindness In Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Blindness In Literature - Literature By Blind People
While blind and visually impaired people had contributed to the body of common literature for centuries, the creation of autobiographical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breton Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Breton Literature - Old And Middle Literature
Breton literature can be categorised into an Old Breton period, from the 5th to 11th century; and a Middle Breton period, up to the 17th ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - British Literature - Other Medieval Literatures
For a comparatively small country, Ireland has made a disproportionate contribution to world literature in all its branches, and especial...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Literature - Early Latin Literature
Poetry Ennius Comedy Plautus Terence ... See also:Latin literature, Latin literature - Early Latin literature, Latin literature - C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Literature - The Influence Of Persian Literature On Other World Literatures
Persian literature - Sufi poetry. Some of Persia's best-beloved medieval poets were Sufis, and their poetry was, and is, widely read by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian Literature - Modern Persian Literature
Prof Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub is cosidered as the father of Modern persian literature. He did life-long hard core research on Iranian lite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - British Literature - Old English Literature
Main Article: Anglo-Saxon literature The earliest form of the English language developed after the settlement of the Saxons and other Ger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - Early U.s. Literature
In the post-war period, The Federalist essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay represent an important and historical di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Literature - Ancient Greek Literature
Greek literature - Poetry. Achaeus of Eretria Agathon Alcman Alcaeus Alexander Aetolus Anacreon Anser Antimachus Anyte of Tegea Apollo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Literature - Early Latin Literature
Poetry Ennius Comedy Plautus Terence ... See also:Latin literature, Latin literature - Early Latin literature, Latin literature - G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - English Literature - Romanticism
The changing landscape of the England brought about by the steam engine has two major outcomes: the boom of industrialism with the expans...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Literature - Post-war Literature
World War II, and Japan's defeat, influenced Japanese literature. Many authors wrote stories of disaffection, loss of purpose, and the co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Literature Of Guyana: Encyclopedia Ii - Literature Of Guyana - Guyana Prizes For Literature
The Guyana Prizes for Literature were founded by President Desmond Hoyte in 1987, with a view to promoting the development of local liter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Literature - Terminology
"Literature", with emphasis on the uppercase L, is a subset of the more general "literature". "Literature" refers to written work of exce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Literature - Introduction
Nations can have literatures, as can corporations, philosophical schools or historical periods. Popular belief commonly holds that the li...   » Read the article