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Literature Core Articles

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Ancient literature: Add brief definition or description
Medieval literature: Add brief definition or description
American literature: The novels, plays, poetry, and other creative written work of the American people, from Colonial times to the present. ^[e]
English literature: Literature of the British isles written in English. ^[e]
French literature: Novels, poetry, essays and plays written in the French language from the earliest years until the present day ^[e]
German literature: Novels, poetry, essays and plays written in the German language from the earliest stages (ca. 9^th century) until the present day ^[e]
Japanese literature: Novels, poetry, essays and plays written in the Japanese language from the earliest years until the present. ^[e]
Russian literature: Novels, poetry, essays and plays written in the Russian language from the earliest years until the present day ^[e]
Women in literature: Add brief definition or description

Writers

Ancient writers

Homer: (fl. 9th or 8th century BCE) Greek poet, to whom is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey. ^[e]
Virgil: (70-19 BC) Roman poet; wrote the Aeneid, one of the masterpieces of world literature. ^[e]

Medieval writers

Dante Alighieri: (1265-1321) Italian poet who wrote the monumental epic the Divine Comedy. ^[e]
Petrarch: (1304–74) Italian poet, humanist and essayist, and one of the most important intellectual figures of the early Renaissance. ^[e]

Science-fiction writers

Isaac Asimov: (1920-92) American chemist and prolific author, especially of science fiction. ^[e]
Arthur C. Clarke: (1917-2008) British author of science fiction. ^[e]
Robert A. Heinlein: (1907–88) American author of science fiction; wrote Stranger in a Strange Land. ^[e]
Jack Vance: (1916 – 2013) American writer of science fiction, fantasy, and mysteries who achieved cult-like status. ^[e]
Jules Verne: (1828-1905) French author and science-fiction pioneer, some of whose novels involved travel through outer space and under water before technology had made these possible, and whose work has been widely translated and made into a number of films. ^[e]
H. G. Wells: (1866 – 1946) British author in many fields, including politics, who is perhaps best remembered for his seminal works of science-fiction. ^[e]

American writers

Washington Irving: (1783-1859) American writer, considered the first American man of letters, best known for his short stories, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. ^[e]
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: (1807-82) US poet and essayist whose ballads and verses made him the best-loved American poet of the 19th century. ^[e]
Nathaniel Hawthorne: (1804-64) American novelist and short story writer, best known for The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. ^[e]
Herman Melville: (1819-91) American fiction writer, author of Moby Dick, one of the masterpieces of world literature. ^[e]
Louisa May Alcott: (1832-88) American writer known for the novel Little Women that has been adapted for film, television and stage many times. ^[e]
Emily Dickinson: (1830-86) American poet whose poetry, exhibiting great originality in thought and form, has been a major influence on modern poetry. ^[e]
Mark Twain: (1835-1910) Pen name of Samuel Clemens, a leading American novelist and humorist of the late 19th century. ^[e]
Robert Frost: (1874-1963) American lyric poet who drew his inspiration from nature and the New England countryside. ^[e]
Willa Cather: (1873-1947) American writer who wrote several novels portraying frontier life on the Great Plains of America in the late 19th century, among them O Pioneers! and My Ántonia. ^[e]
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Toni Morrision: Add brief definition or description

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Literature Core Articles

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Ancient writers

Medieval writers

Science-fiction writers

American writers

English writers

French writers

German writers

Irish writers

Japanese writers

Russian writers

Scottish writers

South African writers

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Literary genres

Literary motifs, styles, and techniques

Literary movements

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