Comprehensive Dictionary of Literature


by: Bonn, Julien D.

189 Pages
ISBN : 978-81-8247-322-5
Copyright Publisher
. Edition 2010
Published by
ABHISHEK PUBLICATIONS,
S.C.O. 57-59; Sector 17-C,
CHANDIGARH-I600 17 (India)

Preface

English literarure denotes those literary texts originating within
England proper and written in the English language or its
very close relatives (such as Middle or Old English). The term
may also denote any literarure composed primarily in the English
language, though in other countries.
English literarure emerges as a recognisable entity only in the
medieval period, when the English language itself becomes
distinct from the Norman and Anglo-Saxon dialects which
preceded it. The first great figure in English literarure is the
poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, whose 'Canterbury Tales' was a popular
work of the period which is still read today.
Following the introduction of a printing press into the country
by William Caxton in 1476, the Elizabethan era saw a great
flourishing of the literarure, especially in the field of drama,
with William Shakespeare standing out as a poet and playwright,
the quality of whose output has yet to be surpassed.
The English novel did not become a popular form until the
18th century. Daniel Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe' (1719) is
sometimes claimed erroneously to be the first novel in English.
The followi11g two centuries continued a huge outpouring of
literary production, including novels, poetry and drama, all of
which remain strong in the present-day English literary culrure.
This dictionary is an alphabetical collection of the various temlS
and phrases that are related to English literature




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