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Mexican literature

(Encyclopedia)Mexican literature: see Spanish-American literature. ...

juvenile literature

(Encyclopedia)juvenile literature: see children's literature. ...

Serbian literature

(Encyclopedia)Serbian literature: see Yugoslav (South Slav) Literature. ...

Flemish literature

(Encyclopedia)Flemish literature: see Dutch and Flemish literature. ...

Dutch literature

(Encyclopedia)Dutch literature: see Dutch and Flemish literature. ...

Welsh literature

(Encyclopedia)Welsh literature, literary writings in the Welsh language. In the 20th cent. attempts at language purification, interest in Welsh mythology, and a turning away from earlier Welsh puritanism accompan...

African literature

(Encyclopedia)African literature, literary works of the African continent. African literature consists of a body of work in different languages and various genres, ranging from oral literature to literature written...

Cornish literature

(Encyclopedia)Cornish literature. The literature of the Celtic language of Cornwall, which has been spoken only by bilingual speakers since the late 18th cent. The surviving pre-1800 literature consists largely of ...

Breton literature

(Encyclopedia)Breton literature brĕtˈən [key], in the Celtic language of Brittany. Although there are numerous allusions in other literatures of the 12th to 14th cent. to the “matter of Brittany,” which incl...

Bulgarian literature

(Encyclopedia)Bulgarian literature. For early ecclesiastical writings, see Church Slavonic. Modern Bulgarian literature stems from the work of Father Paisi, who in 1762 began his history of the Slav Bulgarians. The...