Literature
Definition of Literature
Lit´er`a`ture Pronunciation: lĭt´ẽr`å`tũr; 135 | n. | 1. | Learning; acquaintance with letters or books. | | 2. | The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry. | | 3. | The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres. | | 4. | The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work. |
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