English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was born in Poland, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad, Vladimir Nabokov was Russian. In other words, English literature is as diverse as the verities & dialects of English spoken around the world. In academia, the term often labels departments & programs practicing English studies in secondary & tertiary educational systems. Despite the variety of authors of English literature, works of William Shakespeare remain paramount throughout the English speaking world.
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