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American literature

(Encyclopedia)American literature, literature in English produced in what is now the United States of America. The years immediately after World War I brought a highly vocal rebellion against established socia...

Arabic literature

(Encyclopedia)Arabic literature, literary works written in the Arabic language. The great body of Arabic literature includes works by Arabic speaking Turks, Persians, Syrians, Egyptians, Indians, Jews, and other Af...

juvenile literature

(Encyclopedia)juvenile literature: see children's literature. ...

Jewish literature

(Encyclopedia)Jewish literature: see Hebrew literature. ...

Mexican literature

(Encyclopedia)Mexican literature: see Spanish-American literature. ...

Austrian literature

(Encyclopedia)Austrian literature: see German literature. ...

Norse literature

(Encyclopedia)Norse literature: see Old Norse literature. ...

Norwegian literature

(Encyclopedia)Norwegian literature, early flourished as Old Norse literature. In 1380, Norway was united with Denmark, and Danish culture began a long dominance in Norway; Norwegian culture sank to its nadir in the...

Australian literature

(Encyclopedia)Australian literature, the literature of Australia. Because the vast majority of early Australian settlers were transported prisoners, the beginnings of Australian literature were oral rather than wri...

Armenian literature

(Encyclopedia)Armenian literature. The Armenian Church fostered literature, and the principal early works are religious or hagiographical, most of them translations. The first major Armenian literary work is a 5th ...