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Bookmark or Share- Literature - Reading, Writing, Appreciation | BritannicaLiterature - Reading, Writing, Appreciation: In preliterate societies oral literature was widely shared; it saturated the society and was as much a part of living as food, clothing, shelter, or religion. Many tribal societies remained primarily oral cultures until the 19th century. In early societies the minstrel might be a courtier of the king or chieftain, and the poet who composed liturgies ...
- African American literature | History, Books, Authors, Characteristics ...African American literature is the body of literature written by Americans of African descent. Beginning in the pre-Revolutionary War period, African American writers have engaged in a creative, if often contentious, dialogue with American letters. The result is a literature rich in expressive subtlety and social insight, offering illuminating assessments of American identities and history ...
- American literature - 19th Century, Realism, Romanticism | BritannicaAmerican literature - 19th Century, Realism, Romanticism: After the American Revolution, and increasingly after the War of 1812, American writers were exhorted to produce a literature that was truly native. As if in response, four authors of very respectable stature appeared. William Cullen Bryant, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, and Edgar Allan Poe initiated a great half century of ...
- Genre | Fiction, Poetry & Drama | BritannicaGenre, a distinctive type or category of literary composition, such as the epic, tragedy, comedy, novel, and short story. Despite critics’ attempts to systematize the art of literature, such categories must retain a degree of flexibility, for they can break down on closer scrutiny. For example,
- Greek literature | History, Authors, Books, Examples, Characteristics ...Greek literature, body of writings in the Greek language, with a continuous history extending from the 1st millennium bc to the present day. From the beginning its writers were Greeks living not only in Greece proper but also in Asia Minor, the Aegean Islands, and Magna Graecia (Sicily and southern Italy). Later, after the conquests of Alexander the Great, Greek became the common language of ...
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