British Literature

British Literature is literature from the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Chanel Island. By far the largest part of this literature is written in the English language, but there are also separate literatures in Latin, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Cornish, Manx, Jerriais, Guernesiais and other languages.

Literature in Celtic language of the islands is the oldest surviving vernacular literature in Europe. The Welsh literary traditional stretches from the 6th century to the 21st century. the oldest welsh literature does not belong to the terrttory we knows as Wales today, but rather to northern England and southern Scotland. But though it is dated to be from the 6th, 7th, 8th, centuries, it has survived only in 13 th- 14th century manuscript copies. irish poetry represent a more or less unbroken tradition from the 6th century to the present day.