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A BRIEF STUDY ON THE STAGES OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

Prof.H.L.Narayanrao

Volume: 4 Issue: 1 2014

Abstract:

English literature is the literature written in the English language, and has inter-connectivity with other language literature in the world. The literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England only, for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was born in Poland, Dylan Thomas was Welsh ,Edgar Allan Poe was American, V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad, and Vladimir Nabokov was Russian, but all are considered important writers in the history of English literature. In other words, English literature is as diverse as the varieties and dialects of English spoken around the world. In academia, the term often labels departments and programmes practicing English studies in secondary and tertiary educational systems. Despite the variety of authors of English literature, the works of William Shakespeare remain paramount throughout the English-speaking world.

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