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Italian Journey
Italian Journey (Italienische Reise) is a travel account by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe describing his stay in Italy from 1786 to 1788, compiled later from diaries.
Italian novella
The Italian novella is a short prose narrative of real or imaginary events told realistically to entertain rather than teach, whose tradition runs from the 13th-century Novellino through Boccaccio's Decameron to the Renaissance.
Italian women's writing
Italian women's writing is the body of literature by women in Italy, from Renaissance poets through Elsa Morante, Natalia Ginzburg, and Elena Ferrante, now central to the canon.
Itihasa
Itihasa (इतिहास) is a Sanskrit term for a genre of narrative works about the past, meaning "thus it was"; the Ramayana and Mahabharata were both called itihasa.
Ityala lamawele
Ityala lamawele (The Lawsuit of the Twins) is an isiXhosa novella by S. E. K. Mqhayi, first published in 1914 and widely considered the first isiXhosa novel.
Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov (Ива́н Фёдорович Карама́зов)
Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov (Ива́н Фёдорович Карама́зов) is Dostoevsky's atheist middle Karamazov brother in The Brothers Karamazov, author of the Grand Inquisitor legend and the anti-theodicy of "Rebellion," admired by Camus and Sartre.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe: A Romance is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1819. It depicts Saxon-Norman hostility in 1194 England and launched the historical novel genre.
Ivko's Slava
Ivko's Slava (Ивкова слава) is an 1895 humorous novella by the Serbian writer Stevan Sremac, set in Niš and revolving around the Serbian Orthodox patron-saint family celebration, the slava.
Iwein
Iwein, formerly The Knight with the Lion, is a Middle High German Arthurian romance of about 8,166 verses by Hartmann von Aue, written around 1200.
Iyaruingam
Iyaruingam, also spelled Yaruingam, is a 1960 Assamese novel by Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya set among the Tangkhul Naga people of Manipur during World War II.
Izayoi Nikki
Izayoi Nikki (十六夜日記, Diary of the Sixteenth Night) is a Japanese diary and travel account by the poet Nun Abutsu, describing her 1279 journey from Kyoto to Kamakura.
Izibongo of Shaka
The Izibongo of Shaka (izibongo zikaShaka) are Zulu praise poems honoring Shaka kaSenzangakhona, founder of the Zulu kingdom, and among southern African oral literature's most studied texts.
Izumi Shikibu Nikki
Izumi Shikibu Nikki (和泉式部日記, The Diary of Izumi Shikibu) is a Heian-period Japanese prose work with waka poems recounting the love affair of poet Izumi Shikibu and Prince Atsumichi around 1003.
J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography
The J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography records Tolkien's published books, essays, poems, letters, and posthumous works edited by Christopher Tolkien, from The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-55) to The Silmarillion and The History of Middle-earth, with Hammond's 1993 Descriptive Bibliography as the standard reference.
J. Wellington Wimpy
J. Wellington Wimpy, or Wimpy, is E.C. Segar's 1931 Thimble Theatre (Popeye) character, a mooching hamburger lover famous for "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today," inspired by Chester, Illinois's Windy Bill Schuchert.
Jabberwocky
Jabberwocky, also "Jabberwock" poem, is Lewis Carroll's famous nonsense verse in Through the Looking-Glass (1871), known for portmanteau words like chortle and galumph, the vorpal blade, and its many translations.
Jacen Solo
Jacen Solo, son of Han Solo and Leia Organa in Star Wars Legends, twin of Jaina, central hero of the New Jedi Order novels, and the Sith Lord Darth Caedus of Legacy of the Force, killed by Jaina in Invincible.
Jack Crawford (character)
Jack Crawford is Thomas Harris's fictional FBI Behavioral Science Unit chief from Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs, based on profiler John Douglas, who recruits Will Graham and sends Clarice Starling to Hannibal Lecter; played by Farina, Glenn, Keitel, and Fishburne.
Jack Pumpkinhead
Jack Pumpkinhead is an Oz character from L. Frank Baum's The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904), a wooden man with a carved pumpkin head brought to life by Mombi's Powder of Life; star of Thompson's Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929) and Disney's Return to Oz (1985).
Jack Reacher
Jack Reacher is Lee Child's fictional ex-US Army military police major, a 6 ft 5 in drifter with only a toothbrush, debuting in Killing Floor (1997); 31+ novels, films with Tom Cruise, and the hit Prime Video series with Alan Ritchson distinguish the franchise.
Jack Reacher (book series)
The Jack Reacher series is a sequence of thriller novels by Lee Child, begun with Killing Floor in 1997, about a former US Military Police major who drifts into crimes.
Jack Ryan (character)
John Patrick 'Jack' Ryan, Tom Clancy's fictional CIA analyst turned president, first appearing in The Hunt for Red October (1984); anchor of the Ryanverse, played on screen by Baldwin, Ford, Affleck, Pine, and Krasinski.
Jack Twist
Jack Twist is a fictional character created by Annie Proulx in "Brokeback Mountain", a Wyoming ranch hand portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal in Ang Lee's 2005 film adaptation.
Jack Vance bibliography
Jack Vance bibliography: complete works of John Holbrook Vance (1916–2013), American SF and fantasy author of The Dying Earth, Demon Princes, Lyonesse; over 60 books, Hugo, Nebula, Edgar winner.
Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None
Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None (勇者パーティを追い出された器用貧乏) is a Japanese fantasy light novel by Itsuki Togami and Yuri Kisaragi, launched on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2021, published in print by Kodansha, adapted into a manga and a 12-episode 2026 anime by animation studio42, with a second season announced.
Jackal (The Day of the Jackal)
The Jackal is the fictional professional assassin of Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel The Day of the Jackal, hired by the OAS to kill de Gaulle; portrayed by Edward Fox (1973 film), Bruce Willis (1997), and Eddie Redmayne (2024 series).
Jacob Black
Jacob Black is the Quileute werewolf, or shapeshifter and Alpha, of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series: son of Billy Black, rival of Edward Cullen for Bella Swan, imprinter of Renesmee, and portrayed by Taylor Lautner in five films.
Jacob Marley
Jacob Marley is the fictional ghost in Dickens's 1843 A Christmas Carol, dead business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge, chained by cash-boxes and ledgers, who warns Scrooge and introduces the three Christmas spirits.
Jacques the Fatalist and His Master
Jacques the Fatalist and His Master (Jacques le fataliste et son maître) is a novel by Denis Diderot, written from 1765 and first printed in 1796.
Jadaka al-Ghayth
Jadaka al-Ghayth (جادك الغيث) is a famous Andalusian muwashshah by the Granadan poet Lisan al-Din ibn al-Khatib (1313–1374), still widely sung across the Arab world.