Which preposition to use with literature

of Occurrences 1072%

I learnt from him that he was born and bred at Benares, in Hindostan; that he had been intended for the priesthood, and had been well instructed in the literature of the east.

in Occurrences 280%

People had become accustomed, says Bagehot, of taking "their literature in morsels, as they take sandwiches on a journey.

as Occurrences 102%

[Translation by Étienne Delécluse and Epiphanius Wilson] INTRODUCTION The romantic figure of Antar, or Antarah, takes the same place in Arabian literature as that of Achilles among the Greeks.

for Occurrences 91%

All other enterprises need, without question, stationery, stenographers, literature for distribution, office-rooms, office-hours, and a general arrangement looking toward enlargement and progress.

to Occurrences 58%

It is to build up a hymnology which shall be noble and poetic in expression; it is to contribute a great religious literature to the world.

from Occurrences 57%

Although there are defects in the arrangement, it must be confessed that the divorce of literature from politics contributes to the general peace of the household.

at Occurrences 40%

He was educated in literature at the University, and served some time in the army, then quitted his commission, and retired to his lands.

on Occurrences 38%

She gives a bird's eye view of her husbandno, of her husband's faults; she tells how she reads new thought literature on the slyjust as I did; and she winds up with this piece of good advice: "I will say to such, live your own life as God intended you to, regardless of the fact of your husband.

with Occurrences 30%

The others contributed sensational literature with paper covers adorned lithographically.

by Occurrences 30%

He very early discovered an unusual fondness for literature by an eager perusal of English books; and, having passed happily through the scholastick rudiments, was put, in 1530, by his patron Wingfield, to St. John's college in Cambridge.

than Occurrences 25%

From this point to its culmination in overwhelming disaster and the tragic death of this celebrated pair of lovers, the romantic drama of Cleopatra's conquests becomes even more important in literature than in history.

during Occurrences 14%

A casual acquaintance with Pan-German and German naval and military literature during the same period, affords overwhelming proof of this powerful current in German nationalism.

before Occurrences 13%

Various periods, ranging from the time of Richard the First to near the end of the reign of Edward the Second, have been selected by different writers as the age of Robin Hood; but (excepting always the most ancient ballads, which may possibly be placed within these limits) no mention whatever is made of him in literature before the latter half of the reign of Edward the Third.

among Occurrences 10%

He was also appealing to the possible patrons of literature among the leading statesmen of the hour.

under Occurrences 8%

Pope's Dunciad, Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, and ironic satire on the state of literature under "Augustus" (George II, the "snuffy old drone from the German hive"), brilliantly express this indignation with the intellectual and literary shortcomings of the times.

into Occurrences 7%

Following Quintilian, he classifies literature into genres of poetry, history, philosophy, and oratory, each with its appropriate subdivisions.

without Occurrences 5%

No one can really be said to study literature without constantly bringing in the principle of comparison.

like Occurrences 5%

" To study a literature like that of the Arabians, even partially and in a translation, is one of those experiences which enlarge and stimulate the mind and expand its range of impressions with a distinctly elevating and liberalizing effect.

about Occurrences 4%

Yet there was a pride of literature about him from being amongst books (he was librarian), and from some scraps of doubtful Latin which he had picked up in his office of entering students, that gave him very diverting airs of pedantry.

against Occurrences 3%

The Gildon are all gone; and when, in the next generation after theirs, national life began, in many parts of Europe, strongly to assert itself in literature against the pedantry of the French critical lawgivers, in Germany Milton's name was inscribed on the foremost standard of the men who represented the new spirit of the age.

toward Occurrences 2%

We should also notice precisely how the tendency of British literature toward originalityin which the insular peculiarities were strongly emphasizedserved to increase the self-reliance of German literature; how a new movement in the style of the antique was cultivated by the classical writers; and how the Romantic School favored medieval-Christian tendenciesmuch to Goethe's annoyance.

over Occurrences 2%

That summing up of a mass of literature over which industrious students have ruined their eyes, held good until after the War, when things changed.

throughout Occurrences 2%

the Scipiosthat this literature throughout proceeds.

beyond Occurrences 2%

An Anglo-Norman literature of song and sermon fast grew up, absolutely identical in tongue with the Norman literature beyond the Channel, but marked by special characteristics of thought and feeling.

after Occurrences 2%

One has a deeper respect for our English language and literature after reading him.

Which preposition to use with  literature