Symbolism predates the English language. Just take a look in the bible. Symbolism is all over the place.
Literature in English is the writing written in English, but English in literature is the overall English literature that there is in the general category of "literature."
Symbolism
There is English grammar and there is English literature. Literature is reading.
Literature Literature
At secondary school there was English language and English literature. English language was punctuation etc. English literature was popems, stories etc.
James P. O'Donnell has written: 'Sailing to Byzantium' -- subject(s): English language, In literature, Literary style, Style, Symbolism, Symbolism in literature
Donald Charles Yelton has written: 'Mimesis and metaphor' -- subject(s): English language, Figures of speech, Literary style, Metaphor, Mimesis in literature, Style, Symbolism, Symbolism in literature
Stefania Vannucci has written: 'Pier Paolo Pasolini' -- subject(s): Symbolism, Symbolism in literature, Symbolism of colors in literature
Rodney M. Baine has written: 'The scattered portions' -- subject(s): Animals in literature, Biology in literature, Knowledge, Natural history, Nature in literature, Symbolism, Symbolism in literature 'Thomas Holcroft and the revolutionary novel' 'Daniel Defoe and the supernatural' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation, English Fantasy literature, History and criticism, Supernatural in literature
Durong Pu has written: 'The phoenix' nest upon the tree of life' -- subject(s): Symbolism, History and criticism, Symbolism in literature, English poetry
Kenneth I. Perry has written: 'The religious symbolism of Andre Gide' -- subject(s): Religion, Religion in literature, Symbolism, Symbolism in literature
Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre has written: 'The pig that ate truffles' 'French symbolist poetry' -- subject(s): French poetry, Symbolism in literature 'Elements of discourse in English literature' -- subject(s): English literature 'Poems'
Steven Putzel has written: 'Reconstructing Yeats' -- subject- s -: Celtic Mythology, Folklore in literature, Ireland in literature, Mythology, Celtic, in literature, Symbolism, Symbolism in literature
Marie Mulvey Roberts has written: 'British poets and secret societies' -- subject(s): English poetry, Freemasonry in literature, History and criticism, Myth in literature, Ritual in literature, Secret societies in literature, Symbolism in literature
Literature in English is the writing written in English, but English in literature is the overall English literature that there is in the general category of "literature."
Lore Rettenberger has written: 'Licht- und Farbsymbolitk in Hawthornes Neuengland -Romanen' -- subject(s): Light and darkness in literature, Symbolism, Symbolism in literature 'Licht- und Farbsymbolik in Hawthornes Neuengland-Romanen' -- subject(s): Symbolism in literature
Fritz-Wilhelm Neumann has written: 'Chaucer' -- subject(s): Cressida (Fictitious character), In literature, Initiations in literature, Literature and the war, Princes in literature, Symbolism in literature, Troilus (Legendary character) in literature, Trojan War, Women in literature 'Der englische historische Roman im 20. Jahrhundert' -- subject(s): English Historical fiction, English fiction, History and criticism, In literature