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  • 21literary — adj. 1 of, constituting, or occupied with books or literature or written composition, esp. of the kind valued for quality of form. 2 well informed about literature. 3 (of a word or idiom) used chiefly in literary works or other formal writing.… …

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  • 22literary criticism — noun the art or practice of judging the qualities and character of literary works. Derivatives literary critic noun …

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  • 23literary — adjective 1) literary works Syn: artistic, poetic, dramatic 2) her literary friends Syn: scholarly, intellectual, academic, bookish, erudite …

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  • 24literary criticism — written evaluation of the qualities and character of literary works; educated analysis and evaluation of literature …

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  • 25Literary criticism in Iran — Literary criticism (PerB|نقد ادبی) is a relatively young discipline in Iran since there had been no comparable tradition of literary criticism before the nineteenth century, when European influence first began to penetrate the country.… …

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  • 26Literary adaptation — is the adapting of a literary source (e.g., a novel, short story, poem) to another genre or medium, such as a film, a stage play, or even ace video game. It can also involve adapting the same literary work in the same genre or medium, just for… …

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  • 27Literary fiction — is a term that has come into common usage since around 1970, principally to distinguish serious fiction (that is, work with claims to literary merit) from the many types of genre fiction and popular fiction (i.e., paraliterature). In broad terms …

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  • 28Literary nonsense — (or nonsense literature) is a broad categorization of literature that uses sensical and nonsensical elements to defy language conventions or logical reasoning. Even though the most well known form of literary nonsense is nonsense verse, the genre …

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  • 29Works of St. Augustine of Hippo —     Works of St. Augustine of Hippo     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Works of St. Augustine of Hippo     St. Augustine of Hippo (354 430) was one of the most prolific geniuses that humanity has ever known, and is admired not only for the number of… …

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  • 30Literary or Profane Legends —     Literary or Profane Legends     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Literary or Profane Legends     In the period of national origins history and legend are inextricably mingled. In the course of oral transmission historic narrative necessarily becomes …

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