INTRODUCTION
English literature
is the literature written in the English language, including literature
composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example,
Robert Burns was Scottish,James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish,
Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poewas American, J. R. R. Tolkien was born
in the Orange Free State, V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad, and Vladimir
Nabokov was Russian, but all are considered important writers in the history of
English literature. In other words, English literature is as diverse as the
varieties and dialects of English spoken around the world. In academia, the
term often labels departments and programmes practising English studies in
secondary and tertiary educational systems. Despite the variety of authors of
English literature, the works of William Shakespeare remain paramount
throughout the English-speaking world.
