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Literary study   /lˈɪtərˌɛri stˈədi/   Listen
Literary study

noun
1.
The humanistic study of literature.





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"Literary study" Quotes from Famous Books



... It is intended to show him the various points in relation to form, content, and spirit, to which in succession he is to devote his attention. It is hoped that the book will give definiteness and delight to literary study, which, for lack of such a guide, has so often been vague, ...
— Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism • F. V. N. Painter
... OF LITERARY STUDY. Such a study of Literature as that for which the present book is designed includes two purposes, contributing to a common end. In the first place (I), the student must gain some general knowledge ...
— A History of English Literature • Robert Huntington Fletcher


Words linked to "Literary study" :   literary criticism, liberal arts, humanistic discipline, literature, classics, humanities, rhetoric, lit, poetics, arts, lit crit, comparative literature


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