we have beck on rock music. nodame cantabile on classic.
we have manga on various sports. bakuman on manga itself.
i was wondering if there any good manga about literature, English literature would be my preference, but i guess it could be on Japanese as well, seeing that its from japan.
it can be in any genre except really yaoi etc. thank you

R-18 - it is not really a manga about literature, but there are literary citations or quotes by famous authors in the series. Example:

"As long as there's trust in a relationship, there's hope in the war." - Stendhal

Sorry if this manga is not really what you're looking for...and it's smut.

[m]Bungaku Shoujo" to Ue Kawaku Yuurei[/m]

Check out this thread: Adaptations of Literary Classics .

Also, there's a category: Based on a Classic .

My personal recommendation would be the anime adaptation of Gankutsuou , though. It was based on Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo, and the artwork is stunning.

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some of these looked interesting, especially Dante ...wow.
but what im looking for is more like the bakuman of literature, maybe the story of a boy who wants to be a novelist and really information about literature in it.
though i will watch the anime of gankutso thank you.

That kind of scenario, unfortunately, has brought in manga more ecchi parodies than actual interesting series, at least for what I know (but I'm pretty sure if there was a seinen masterpiece about a young novelist, I'd probably have heard of it). All stuff I've ever heard, mostly because it aired as an anime too, was about young erotic/incest writers (R-15, Oniichan dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne, Kanojo wa Kanno Shosetsuka), so the main point isn't really literature.
The only one I know about a writer who suited my tastes is Mahoraba, but that's hardly the main focus of the story. He wanted to be a children author and that's pretty much all, still the manga is nice.

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nowadays it seems you can find a manga on anything......
what i cant believe is that no one has attempted this. hmm i guess i should go commercial with this idea.
well everyone thank you for recommendations i think its enough because what i am looking for doesn't exist......yet