Difference between revisions of "Belles-Lettres"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_92470" /> == | |||
<p> (n. pl.) Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; - used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68898" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68898" /> == | ||
<p> 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. </p> | <p> 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. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_92470"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/belles-lettres Belles-Lettres from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_68898"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/belles-lettres Belles-Lettres from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_68898"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/belles-lettres Belles-Lettres from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:47, 12 October 2021
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.
