KnowraEnglish literatureLinked fromLinked fromThe 31 pages that link to English literature, each with the reason it gives.All 31Broader topic 1Related 8Narrower topic 16Compared with 6Chinua AchebeNarrower topic: Achebe entered a language shaped by empire and adapted it to Nigerian experience.The Canterbury TalesNarrower topic: Chaucer’s major vernacular poem became a landmark in the literary tradition.John MiltonNarrower topic: Milton’s epic poems became central works in the English literary tradition.King James VersionNarrower topic: Its phrases and rhythms became a durable source for English writers.Indian English literatureNarrower topic: Indian English writing belongs to this language-wide tradition without being reducible to British literature.Victorian novelNarrower topic: Victorian fiction became a major part of the English literary canon and its teaching.Caribbean literatureCompared with: Caribbean writers often revise its canon from perspectives shaped by colonial rule.Irish literatureCompared with: Irish writing in English shares a language with this tradition but has distinct histories and concerns.Scottish literatureCompared with: Shared language and literary institutions often obscure the distinct histories of Scottish writing.Natsume SōsekiRelated: His scholarship and study in Britain shaped his thinking about literary form and criticism.Nigerian literatureNarrower topic: English is one major medium in Nigeria, but not the sole language of its literature.Nadine GordimerRelated: Gordimer wrote chiefly in English while depicting the varied voices of South African society.Scottish RenaissanceCompared with: The movement challenged the assumption that Scottish writing should be absorbed into an English literary story.Christopher IsherwoodNarrower topic: Isherwood began his career within English letters before becoming an American citizen.Welsh literatureCompared with: English-language writing from Wales belongs to this broad literary tradition as well as Welsh culture.Derek WalcottNarrower topic: His use of English places Caribbean histories inside a language shaped by empire.Flora NwapaRelated: Publishing in English brought her fiction into transnational literary circulation.Modern EnglishRelated: Its works both reflect and influence changes in Modern English.Julian of NorwichNarrower topic: Her revelations are a major early prose work in the English literary tradition.Constantine P. CavafyRelated: Cavafy spent formative years in England and encountered its literary culture.John GalsworthyNarrower topic: Galsworthy’s novels and plays form part of twentieth-century English literature.Yevgeny ZamyatinRelated: His time in England deepened his engagement with English literary forms and settings.Marguerite YourcenarRelated: Yourcenar translated works by Virginia Woolf and Henry James into French.George SaintsburyNarrower topic: It is the principal national tradition covered by his historical surveys.Howard JacobsonNarrower topic: Jacobson’s education and career developed within the traditions of English literary writing.Junji KinoshitaRelated: His university study of English literature informed his engagement with modern drama.Kahlil GibranCompared with: Gibran’s English books reached a vast audience but do not represent his entire literary career.Michael ArlenNarrower topic: Arlen's career belongs to the interwar period of English-language fiction and publishing.Nevil ShuteNarrower topic: Shute’s novels occupy a popular, technically informed strand of twentieth-century English-language fiction.Paul ScottNarrower topic: Scott’s novels belong to postwar English fiction while addressing Britain’s imperial past.Wentworth MillerBroader topic: Miller studied English literature at Princeton before pursuing acting.
KnowraEnglish literatureLinked fromLinked fromThe 31 pages that link to English literature, each with the reason it gives.All 31Broader topic 1Related 8Narrower topic 16Compared with 6Chinua AchebeNarrower topic: Achebe entered a language shaped by empire and adapted it to Nigerian experience.The Canterbury TalesNarrower topic: Chaucer’s major vernacular poem became a landmark in the literary tradition.John MiltonNarrower topic: Milton’s epic poems became central works in the English literary tradition.King James VersionNarrower topic: Its phrases and rhythms became a durable source for English writers.Indian English literatureNarrower topic: Indian English writing belongs to this language-wide tradition without being reducible to British literature.Victorian novelNarrower topic: Victorian fiction became a major part of the English literary canon and its teaching.Caribbean literatureCompared with: Caribbean writers often revise its canon from perspectives shaped by colonial rule.Irish literatureCompared with: Irish writing in English shares a language with this tradition but has distinct histories and concerns.Scottish literatureCompared with: Shared language and literary institutions often obscure the distinct histories of Scottish writing.Natsume SōsekiRelated: His scholarship and study in Britain shaped his thinking about literary form and criticism.Nigerian literatureNarrower topic: English is one major medium in Nigeria, but not the sole language of its literature.Nadine GordimerRelated: Gordimer wrote chiefly in English while depicting the varied voices of South African society.Scottish RenaissanceCompared with: The movement challenged the assumption that Scottish writing should be absorbed into an English literary story.Christopher IsherwoodNarrower topic: Isherwood began his career within English letters before becoming an American citizen.Welsh literatureCompared with: English-language writing from Wales belongs to this broad literary tradition as well as Welsh culture.Derek WalcottNarrower topic: His use of English places Caribbean histories inside a language shaped by empire.Flora NwapaRelated: Publishing in English brought her fiction into transnational literary circulation.Modern EnglishRelated: Its works both reflect and influence changes in Modern English.Julian of NorwichNarrower topic: Her revelations are a major early prose work in the English literary tradition.Constantine P. CavafyRelated: Cavafy spent formative years in England and encountered its literary culture.John GalsworthyNarrower topic: Galsworthy’s novels and plays form part of twentieth-century English literature.Yevgeny ZamyatinRelated: His time in England deepened his engagement with English literary forms and settings.Marguerite YourcenarRelated: Yourcenar translated works by Virginia Woolf and Henry James into French.George SaintsburyNarrower topic: It is the principal national tradition covered by his historical surveys.Howard JacobsonNarrower topic: Jacobson’s education and career developed within the traditions of English literary writing.Junji KinoshitaRelated: His university study of English literature informed his engagement with modern drama.Kahlil GibranCompared with: Gibran’s English books reached a vast audience but do not represent his entire literary career.Michael ArlenNarrower topic: Arlen's career belongs to the interwar period of English-language fiction and publishing.Nevil ShuteNarrower topic: Shute’s novels occupy a popular, technically informed strand of twentieth-century English-language fiction.Paul ScottNarrower topic: Scott’s novels belong to postwar English fiction while addressing Britain’s imperial past.Wentworth MillerBroader topic: Miller studied English literature at Princeton before pursuing acting.