English literature - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › English_literatureLiterary works written in the English language. Not to be confused with British literature. Literature written in the English language includes many countries such as the United Kingdom and its crown dependencies, Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the countries of the former British Empire. The English language has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years.
English literature - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_literatureLiterature written in the English language includes many countries such as the United Kingdom and its crown dependencies, Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the countries of the former British Empire. 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. Beowulfis the most famous work in Old Englis…