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SelectedReadingsinEnglishAmericanLiteratures

Celts----theearlyinhabitantsofEnglandIthasbeenconqueredthreetimes:bytheRomans（罗马人）,theAnglo-Saxons（盎格鲁-撒克逊人）,andtheNormans（诺曼底人）.TheAnglo-SaxonsbroughttoEnglandtheGermanic（日耳曼民族的）languageandculture,whiletheNormansbroughtafreshwaveofMediterraneancivilization,whichincludesGreekculture,Romanlaw,andtheChristianreligion.ItistheculturalinfluencesofthesetwoconqueststhatprovidedthesourcefortheriseandgrowthofEnglishliterature.泰坦或提坦（Titans)，是希腊神话中曾统治世界的古老的神族，这个家族是天穹之神乌拉诺斯和大地女神盖亚（盖