Dramatic+literature
41Provençal literature — the body of writings in the Occitan, or Provençal, language of Provence and neighbouring regions in southeastern France. Provençal literature flourished from the 11th to the 14th century, when its poetry reached rare heights of virtuosity… …
42Slovene literature — literature of the Slovenes, a South Slavic people of the eastern Alps and Adriatic littoral. Only three brief religious texts with Slovene linguistic features, the Brižinski spomeniki (traditionally c. AD 1000; Freising manuscripts)… …
43biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
44Spanish literature — Introduction the body of literary works produced in Spain. Such works fall into three major language divisions: Castilian, Catalan, and Galician. This article provides a brief historical account of each of these three literatures and… …
45Italian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Italian language that had its beginnings in the 13th century. Until that time nearly all literary work composed in the Middle Ages was written in Latin. Moreover, it was predominantly… …
46German Literature — • History starting with the pre Christian period to 800 A.D Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. German Literature German Literature …
47Spanish Language and Literature — • As a medium of literary expression Spanish asserted itself first in the twelfth century: it had been six or seven centuries in the process of evolution out of Latin Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Spanish Language and Literature …
48Latin American literature — Introduction the national literatures of the Spanish speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere. Historically, it also includes the literary expression of the highly developed American Indian civilizations conquered by the Spaniards. Over …
49Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth To Twentieth Century) — Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth to Twentieth Century) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth to Twentieth Century) During the Middle Ages the so called church Latin was to a great extent the language …
50List of Nobel laureates in Literature — Horace Engdahl, the former permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, announcing that Jean Marie Gustave Le Clézio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is awarded annually by… …
