Who Is Known As The Father Of English Literature?

Did you know that English used to be viewed as a language for everyday people? For a long time, scholars preferred to write ...
The New York Times

NEW PUBLICATIONS.; THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE And of the Early Literature it Embodies. By GEORGE P. MARSH. New-York;CHARLES SCRIBNER.

Treating of the language in its origin and literary history, rather than in its anatomical structure and grammatical development, it lays down general principles of great importance to scholars ...
Michigan Technological University

CIP 23 English Language and Literature/Letters

A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples. A program that ...
The Atlantic

English Literature and the Vernacular

BETWEEN the language of literature and the language of common life there must be, whether in a living tongue or a dead one, differences growing out of the nature of literature. The very making of ...
Smith College

English Language & Literature

The Department of English Language and Literature aims to teach all students to write and speak well and to read skillfully, thoughtfully and with pleasure. We offer many courses that stress literary ...