What's the difference between literary and tragic?

Literary


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.
  • (a.) Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If wide notice is taken of a current spat over what we can read about Shakespeare’s sexuality into the sonnets in the correspondence columns of the Times Literary Supplement, Sonnet 20 may be a future favourite at civil unions.
  • (2) Two decades after Donna Tartt soared to literary stardom with her debut The Secret History, the reclusive author is set to release her third novel this autumn.
  • (3) The cytologic findings can be considered to be satisfactory in regard to literary data.
  • (4) Wood will play Brinnin, an American poet and literary scenester who was friends with Thomas as well as Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.
  • (5) It became his task to use his literary art in an opposite way to Hesse, even though he despaired of what literature might achieve or of the capacity of rich Europeans to change.
  • (6) But we can add that there is no competition, from the economical viewpoint, between the post-oedipal sublimation, type political involvement, and the preoedipal sublimation, type literary creation.
  • (7) Literary agent Andrew Kidd said: "I have nothing against readability but some books are more challenging.
  • (8) He moved on to Tunis and Paris, and became editor-in-chief of the influential literary review Al-Karmel.
  • (9) Was he being put forward as the foremost literary novelist of his generation, one whose best-known work stands comparison with The Naked and the Dead , Gravity's Rainbow , American Pastoral , Beloved and Underworld ?
  • (10) She sent the finished manuscript to Elaine Greene , a London literary agent.
  • (11) She also won four Logies for Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Melbourne Press Club Gold Quill in 2013, the George Munster award and the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award – for stories on people smuggling and the culture of rugby league.
  • (12) Every time he felt the futility of his work for the NAACP, he’d finger the well-worn pages, and it would strengthen his resolve.” This is how classics of this calibre work their way into the literary bloodstream.
  • (13) Like many ambitious young writers, he sought both popular success and literary acclaim.
  • (14) His favourite literary genres as a child were detective stories and Greek myths.
  • (15) But also, in the sense that they crossed over the line of the acceptable literary and visual culture and brought the Mexican modern movement into being.
  • (16) We arrive also to the conclusion that, in contradiction with what we have seen in the literature overview, it seems that narcissistic personality disorders have no negative effect on literary creation.
  • (17) The Tasmanian writer said he was “stunned” to be in the running for the prestigious UK-based literary prize, which for the first time has been opened to authors of any nationality.
  • (18) You may not know it, but literary ghosts are everywhere.
  • (19) The literary data on the reexamination of the holotype are given.
  • (20) Despite our difference in generation, gender and literary purpose, it was clear to me that he and I were both working with some of the same aesthetic influences: film, surrealist art and poetry; Freud's avant-garde theories of the unconscious.

Tragic


Definition:

  • (n.) A writer of tragedy.
  • (a.) Alt. of Tragical
  • (n.) A tragedy; a tragic drama.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It seems tragic, then, that so little of these principles transfer over to the container in which the work is done.
  • (2) The authors describe several recent court cases in which judges have ignored or distorted acceptable clinical practices, conceivably creating a new liability standard whereby a tragic outcome is considered the result of failure to apply appropriate judgment.
  • (3) This is all the more tragic in view of the fact that Correa sees himself as a builder of the nation state.
  • (4) Several people have told Guardian Australia of their memories of Charlie, hoping that he is remembered as more than just another tragic statistic.
  • (5) "We are providing consular support to his family at this tragic time, and we ask that the media respect the privacy of those grieving."
  • (6) Now Brokeback Mountain, the tragic love story of two American cowboys, is looking to again chart new territory.
  • (7) Trump’s tragic Nam story is captured in the film Apocalypse Ow.” On Late Night with Seth Meyers, the comic examined the timing of Trump’s Nordstrom tweet, noting that it came just 21 minutes after he was supposed to be in his daily intelligence briefing.
  • (8) Press treatment of the McCann family following the tragic disappearance of their daughter Madeleine, for starters.
  • (9) Anthony Wells, director of YouGov’s political and social research team, said: “While there will be speculation about whether this movement is connected to the tragic death of Jo Cox, we do not think that it is... We are now in the final week of the referendum campaign and the swing back towards the status quo appears to be in full force.” EU referendum voters unconvinced by scare tactics: ‘I just want to do what’s right’ Read more Today, both sides will resume their battle to capture the votes of the undecided and to persuade people to switch sides, though both the Leave and Remain camps say that the manner of their campaigning will be more sober and less combative.
  • (10) The number of self-inflicted deaths occurring in prisons in England and Wales is currently at record levels.” A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “These are tragic cases, and our thoughts continue to be with the family and friends of Ian Brown and Daniel Dunkley.
  • (11) The name may have changed, but the play and many of its leading characters remain the same – arguably the most brutal and tragic situation anywhere in the world during the last 20 years.
  • (12) One of the most tragic aspects of child abuse and neglect is that it is so often perpetuated from one generation to another.
  • (13) Tragically, Qhorin is focused with laser-like precision on the wrong enemy.
  • (14) "The thoughts and prayers of all in the taskforce are with his family and friends at this tragic time."
  • (15) Or perhaps it is the tragic case of Barack Obama that Patel has in mind?
  • (16) Taking a break from rehearsal, police baton in hand, the 34-year-old said: "It doesn't point to anybody, but it brings to the fore the pain the tragic event cost.
  • (17) "Investigations are ongoing and it may be sometime before a full picture emerges of what happened and how this tragic accident came to pass."
  • (18) MTV said it was not an "easy decision" to cancel but that given Gandee's "essential presence" as the star of the show, and his tragic death, it was "not appropriate" to continue.
  • (19) Napoleon, Hitler, various people tried this out, and it ends tragically.
  • (20) This would all be tragically lost if these proposals are agreed.