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Writers like Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and poets Ezra Pound, H.D. and T. S. Eliot demonstrate the growth of an international perspective in American literature. American writers had long looked to European models for inspiration, but whereas the literary breakthroughs of the mid-19th century came from finding distinctly American styles and ...
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While Anglo-Norman or Latin was preferred for high culture, English literature by no means died out, and a number of important works illustrate the development of the language. Around the turn of the 13th century, Layamon wrote his Brut , based on Wace 's 12th century Anglo-Norman epic of the same name; Layamon's language is recognisably Middle ...
Literature portal Literature of North America — of the various nations of North America, and its subregions including the Caribbean and Central America . v
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant.His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including twelve books, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval.
Blood, Class, and Nostalgia: Anglo-American Ironies is a 1990 book by Christopher Hitchens which aims to examine the so-called "Special Relationship" between the United States and Great Britain, with a focus especially on the 20th century. A review by John T. Elson for Time magazine described the book as "rambling [and] opinionated". [1]
English Americans (historically known as Anglo-Americans) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England.In the 2020 United States census, English Americans were the largest group in the United States with 46.6 million Americans self-identifying as having some English origins (many combined with another heritage) representing (19.8%) of the White American population.
Anglo-American can refer to: the Anglosphere (the Anglo-American world) Anglo-American, something of, from, or related to Anglo-America the Anglo-Americans demographic group in Anglo-America; Anglo American plc, a mining company; Anglo-American Publishing, Canadian comic book publisher during the World War II era