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Literature is literally "acquaintance with letters" as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning "an individual written character (letter)"). The term has generally come to identify a collection of texts, which in Western culture are mainly prose, both fiction and non-fiction, drama and poetry. In much, if not all of the world, texts can be oral as well, and include such genres as epic, legend, myth, ballad, other forms of oral poetry, and the folktale.
Introduction
Nations can have literatures, as can corporations, philosophical schools or historical periods. Popular belief commonly holds that the literature of a nation, for example, comprises the collection of texts which make it a whole nation. The Hebrew Bible, Persian Shahnama, Thirukural, Beowulf, the Iliad and the Odyssey and the Constitution of the United States, all fall within this definition of a kind of literature.
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RT @SanSip: Fashion in literature http://bit.ly/99crN (& tips from Bret Easton Ellis on why not to bleach a blood-drenched Soprani jacket )
nilanjanaroy (Nilanjana Roy) Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:37:17 -0000
RT @SanSip: Fashion in literature http://bit.ly/99crN (& tips from Bret Easton Ellis on why not to bleach a blood-drenched Soprani jacket )
@BilliePerry honey, next friday I'm gonna to publish my article at the university. It's about theatrical characters. Literature, in fact
NadiniLuisi (Nadini Tyler) Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:34:29 -0000
@BilliePerry honey, next friday I'm gonna to publish my article at the university. It's about theatrical characters. Literature, in fact
Writing the international business plan of Superhero Enterprises & its valued escapism literature (Comic Books as a form of Entertainment).
SuperheroEnter (SuperheroEnterprises) Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:32:01 -0000
Writing the international business plan of Superhero Enterprises & its valued escapism literature (Comic Books as a form of Entertainment).
Writing the international business plan 4 Superhero Enterprises & its valued escapism literature (Comic Books as a form of Entertainment).
SuperheroEnter (SuperheroEnterprises) Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:27:06 -0000
Writing the international business plan 4 Superhero Enterprises & its valued escapism literature (Comic Books as a form of Entertainment).
"Better to wear a becoming dress three times straight than to alternate it with two frights": Fashion in literature http://bit.ly/99crN
SanSip (Sanjay Sipahimalani) Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:21:14 -0000
"Better to wear a becoming dress three times straight than to alternate it with two frights": Fashion in literature http://bit.ly/99crN
RT @prepaidlegals: Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children. Life is the other way round. - David Lodge
Andy_lima (⥠Andy Lima ⥠) Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:18:34 -0000
RT @prepaidlegals: Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children. Life is the other way round. - David Lodge
A Thanksgiving Hymn - A nineteenth-century poem extolling the traditional values of Thanksgiving.
Meta Description: [ A celebration of Thanksgiving day in poetry, with poems by Whittier and others. ]
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving - Text reproduced from Louisa May Alcott's classic work.
Meta Description: [ Thanksgving history, traditions, stories, Native American & Pilgrim culture, and recipes all from a Christian perspective ]
Goodbye, Pumpkin Pie! - Humorous poem delves into one child's passage from the kid's table to the adult's on Thanksgiving day.
Thanksgiving Articles - Inspirational articles related to Thanksgiving.
Meta Description: [ Holiday articles and stories for Christmas, New Year's St. Patrick's Day, Easter, St. Valentine's Day, and Thanksgiving ]
Thanksgiving Poetry - A selection of favorite Thanksgiving poems for the whole family.
Thanksgiving Thoughts from Mark Twain - How Mark Twain celebrated Thanksgiving as well as his thoughts on the day, the Pilgrims, and hunting turkey.
Meta Description: [ Jim Zwick's books on Mark Twain and anti-imperialism, web sites, biography, and how to contact him. ]
The First Harvest-Home In Plymouth - Short story. E-text excerpted from classic work Good Stories for Great Holidays.
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