Literature

Articles about books, writers, literary movements and criticism.

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Nursery rhyme

Of Mice and Men

Of Plymouth Plantation

Of Plymouth Plantation — William Bradford’s account of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony

Old English

Old English (Anglo-Saxon): history, structure and literary legacy

Old Yeller

On the Beach (novel)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — novel by Ken Kesey

Ottava rima

Pamphlet

Parallelism (grammar)

Pathos

Pathos (rhetorical appeal to emotion)

Paul Revere's Ride (poem)

Pen name

Persuasion (novel)

Philology

Philology: the study of texts, language, and literary tradition

Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking (book)

Plot

Plot (storyline, land parcel, graph, conspiracy)

Plot hole

Poet laureate

Poet Laureate: Role, History and National Variations

Polish literature

Polish literature: history, major periods, themes, and key authors

Pollyanna

Pollyanna: Eleanor H. Porter's children's novel and cultural legacy

Pot calling the kettle black

Publishing agent

Publishing agent (literary agent)

Queen Margot

Queen Margot — Alexandre Dumas's historical novel about Margaret of Valois

Ragged Dick

Readability

Redwall (novel)

Repetition

Repetition (rhetorical device)

Rhyme

Rhyme: Sound Patterns in Poetry and Song

Rhyme royal

Rhyme scheme

Rhyme scheme: notation, common patterns, history and examples

Ricardo Piglia

Ricardo Piglia: Argentine novelist, critic, and essayist (1941–2017)

Roman à clef

Roman à clef: the 'novel with a key'—definition, features, history, and examples

Romantic poetry

Romeo

Romeo: meanings, origins, and cultural significance

Ron Weasley

Rumpelstiltskin

Russian literature

Russian literature: history, themes, and notable authors

Sami literature

Sámi literature: history, forms, and contemporary importance

Scarlett O'Hara

Scouting for Boys

Scouting for Boys — the handbook that launched the Scout Movement

Sense and Sensibility

Setting (fiction)

Shakespeare authorship question

Shakespeare authorship question

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Short story

Simile

Simile: definition, forms, history and uses