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What are the countries where English literature is written?
What are the countries where English literature is written?
United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the countries of the former British Empire.
What is the earliest form of English called?
What is the earliest form of English called?
Old English.
Which work is considered the most famous in Old English?
Which work is considered the most famous 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?
What is the name given to the form of English spoken after the Normans came?
What is the name given to the form of English spoken after the Normans came?
What are the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories associated with English literature?
What are the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories associated with English literature?
What is the duration of the development of the English language?
What is the duration of the development of the English language?
What is the significance of the work Beowulf in English literature?
What is the significance of the work Beowulf in English literature?
When did the written form of the Anglo-Saxon language become less common?
When did the written form of the Anglo-Saxon language become less common?
What is the Chancery Standard and when did it come into existence?
What is the Chancery Standard and when did it come into existence?
