(n.) Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.
(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.
(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.
(n.) The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work.
Example Sentences:
(1) Only 81 cases are reported in the international literature.
(2) The analysis is based on the personal experience of the authors with 117 cases and the review of 223 cases published in the literature.
(3) Because of the small number of patients reported in the world literature and lack of controlled studies, the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the larynx remains controversial; this retrospective analysis suggests that combination chemotherapy plus radiation offers the best chance for cure.
(4) The effects of glucagon-induced insulin secretion upon this lipid regulation are discussed that may resolve conflicting reports in the literature are resolved.
(5) Mutational mosaicism was used as a developmental model to analyze 1,500 sporadic and 179 familial cases of retinoblastoma from the world literature.
(6) A re-examination of the literature indicates that many phagocytes previously unidentified or considered to be microglial cells are probably beta astrocytes.
(7) A review is made from literature and an inventory of psychological and organic factors implicated in this pathology.
(8) The literature on depression and immunity is reviewed and the clinical implications of our findings are discussed.
(9) The pathogenicity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in atypical pneumonias can be considered confirmed according to the availabile literature; its importance for other inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract, particularly for chronic bronchitis, is not yet sufficiently clear.
(10) Based upon our clinical experience and this review of the literature, a suggested management protocol is presented.
(11) These data, compared with literature findings, support the idea that intratumoral BCG instillation of bladder cancer permits a longer disease-free period than other therapeutical approaches.
(12) In agreement with the data in the literature, melanocytes incubated with IFN-gamma acquire HLA-DR, -DQ, and -DP antigens.
(13) The literature is reviewed to define the role of the different treatment modalities.
(14) Therefore, we performed meta-analysis of literature reports in Japan (n = 3), the USA (n = 4), and Europe (n = 20) on the risk of postgastrectomy cancer.
(15) The mother in Arthur Ransome's children's classic, Swallows and Amazons, is something of a cipher, but her inability to make basic decisions does mean she receives one of the finest telegrams in all literature.
(16) A review of the literature reveals no similar case.
(17) Short-forms of Wechsler intelligence tests have abounded in the literature and have been recommended for use as screening instruments in clinical and research settings.
(18) After examining the cases reported in literature (Sacks, Barabas, Beighton Sykes), they point out that, contrary to what is generally believed, the syndrome is not rare and cases, sporadic or familial, of recurrent episodes of spontaneous rupture of the intestine and large vessels or peripheral arteries are frequent.
(19) On the basis of reports in the literature and of our own clinical experience it appears that melanocyte inhibiting factor (MIF) is a very promising therapeutic agent in the management of Parkinson's disease.
(20) Her novels have an enduring and universal appeal and she is recognised as one of the greatest writers in English literature.
Poetics
Definition:
(n.) The principles and rules of the art of poetry.
Example Sentences:
(1) He knew his subject personally, having worked with him on the 1993 romantic drama Poetic Justice , in which the rapper starred opposite Janet Jackson.
(2) This creativity frequently emerges from an aesthetic, poetic sense of freedom derived from work, an uninhibited playful activity of exploring a medium for its own sake.
(3) It then sought to change the story with those clever, but frankly odd,, half-poetic public apologies.
(4) His own poetics emerged in The African Image (1962), a major contribution to the debate on African aesthetics.
(5) Dexter was a consummate theatrical craftsman and Lindsay was, in one form, a sort of poetic director.
(6) "There is something extraordinarily poetic about smoking - from the gesture of holding a cigarette, turning it on, smoking it, the taste of it, the smell of it, I love every-thing about smoking."
(7) In a rather poetic-sounding list called the “fragility index” we are again somewhere at the bottom, or is it on top?
(8) So let's dry our guilt-induced " mermaid tears " – as these polluting plastic particles are poetically known – and face this issue.
(9) But know this America: they will be met.” The language was at its most poetic then too, with Obama signalling his promise to reduce inequality, for example, more elliptically than in later speeches: “The nation cannot prosper long when it favours only the prosperous”.
(10) That means "no longer romanticising terrorists as Robin Hoods and no longer idealising their deeds as rough poetic justice".
(11) At the end of the concert, this guy comes over with long hair and lipstick and he says ‘Hi how are you doing, I’m Brian Eno.’ I thought wow this is poetic justice … here’s Brian Eno listening to me, that’s great.
(12) The principle is that ordinary people have extraordinary thoughts — I've always believed that — and that ordinary people can speak poetically.
(13) His favourite book is The Poetic Edda, a landmark collection of Old Norse poetry.
(14) A Stoßgebet is a last-ditch prayer, and Schoß is a poetic term for female genitals.
(15) On the other hand, the discrepancies and absurdities, appearing again and again in his poetic products, are due to his habit of taking dream and its illogical connections as a model.
(16) And I suppose she has a poetic sensibility in that way."
(17) Their music has long been free of such unnecessary clutter as metaphor, allegory, and poetic conceit.
(18) In the Pentagon worldview, however, there is simply no drug use, nor any factory-style drudgery, and no one in the US Air Force is, was or ever shall be light enough in the loafers to invoke The Wizard Of Oz poetically.
(19) So the Middle East continues to implode – but amid the chaos emerges a further force, perhaps incredibly, a poetic and literary one.
(20) If this is close enough, Canelo may have a chance in Mayweather-Alvarez III, but clear unanimous points decision for my boyo Floyd in this one Daniel SanMateo rather poetically emails (read to the final paragraph): Mayweather looked formidable on the weighing day, but seemed not to be taking too seriously his opponent.