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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_139100" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_139100" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) 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. </p> <p> (2): (n.) 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. </p> <p> (3): (n.) The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work. </p> <p> (4): (n.) Learning; acquaintance with letters or books. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) Learning; acquaintance with letters or books. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76044" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76044" /> == | ||
