Western literature

literature written in the context of Western culture in the languages of Europe
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Western literature

Summary

Western literature is a sub-set of literature[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of sub_set_of_literature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (167 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Western literature's instance of is recorded as sub-set of literature[3].
  • Western literature's subclass of is recorded as literature[4].
  • Western literature's Commons category is recorded as Literature of Europe[5].
  • Western literature's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/079xrr[6].
  • Western literature's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09nvfk[7].
  • Western literature's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph120062[8].
  • Western literature's topic's main category is recorded as Category:European literature[9].
  • Western literature's location of creation is recorded as Europe[10].
  • Western literature's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/Western-literature[11].
  • Western literature's topic has template is recorded as Template:European literature[12].
  • Western literature's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1pznmgw9l[13].
  • Western literature's Quora topic ID is recorded as European-Literature[14].
  • Western literature's Quora topic ID is recorded as Western-Literary-Theory[15].
  • Western literature's UNESCO Thesaurus ID is recorded as concept10465[16].
  • Western literature's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2775976092[17].
  • Western literature's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2775976092[18].
  • Western literature's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as social-sciences/european-literature[19].

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Designation and Status

Western literature's instance of is recorded as sub-set of literature[3].

Why It Matters

Western literature ranks in the top 8% of sub_set_of_literature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (167 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_western-literature_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Western literature}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/western-literature}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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