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What is English literature?
What is English literature?
Literary works written in the English language from the English-speaking world.
What are the earliest forms of English called?
What are the earliest forms of English called?
Old English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon invaders in the fifth century.
What is the most famous work in Old English?
What is the most famous work in Old English?
Beowulf.
What language became the standard language of courts, parliament, and polite society after the Norman conquest of England?
What language became the standard language of courts, parliament, and polite society after the Norman conquest of England?
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What is the form of English that lasted until the 1470s known as?
What is the form of English that lasted until the 1470s known as?
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