Belles-Lettres
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n. pl.) Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; - used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
That department of literature which implies literary culture and belongs to the domain of art, whatever the subject may be or the special form; it includes poetry, the drama, fiction, and criticism.