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Literature

Literature is any collection of written work. The term is also used more narrowly for writings considered an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems. It includes both print and digital writing. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed. Literature is a method of recording…

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Literature

Nodes292
Edges291
Triples165
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006849
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Literature

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related to Women and literature · 25
Literature → Amantine Dupin, American, Aphra Behn, Balzac, But, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Brontë, Emily Dickinson, England, English, English-language, Europe, European, European Romantic, French, George Sand, Honoré, In, Jane Austen, One
related to Early written literature · 20
Literature → AD, Ancient Egyptian, BC, Book, By, Chinese, Drama, East Asia, Egypt, Egyptian, It, Lyric, Many, Middle Kingdom, Old Kingdom, Sanskrit Panchatantra, Shijing, Songs, Sumerian, The
related to The influence of religious texts · 14
Literature → Bible, Christopher Hitchens, Dawkins, English, English-speaking, King James Bible, King James Version, Prominent, Quran, Religion, Richard Dawkins, The King James Version, Torah, Vedas
related to Oral literature · 13
Literature → Aboriginal Australian, Alternatives, An, Australian Aboriginal, Budj Bim, February, Gunditjmara, In, Latin, Significantly, The, Tower Hill, Victoria
related to Awards · 12
Literature → Alfred Nobel, Franz Kafka Prize, Given, Guardian First Book Award, Hugo Award, Man Booker International Prize, Neustadt International Prize, Nobel Prizes, Other, Pulitzer Prize, The Nobel Prize, There
related to Censorship · 10
Literature → Censorship, English, Generally, It, James Joyce's, Nowadays, Russian-American, Ulysses, United States, Vladimir Nabokov
related to Poetry · 10
Literature → Abram Lipsky, Aristotle's, As, Poetics, Poetry, Possibly, Prior, Rhythm, This, Verses
related to Prose · 9
Literature → Alexander Pushkin, As, Eliot, Eugene Onegin, Greece, However, On, Richard Graff, There
related to Definitions · 8
Literature → Definitions, Etymologically, In, In Western Europe, It, Latin, Syd Field, The
related to The value of imaginative literature · 6
Literature → One, Psychologist Hogan, Psychologist Maslow's, Psychologists, Some, The

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literary works written poetry bc prose century writing oral form copyright ancient texts history books also greek work drama early

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Literatureis amethod of recording0.90text
Literatureis aancient human tradition found in0.90text
Literatureis aliterary genre consisting of works created exclusively on and for digital devices.Non-fictionCommon literary examples of non-fiction include0.90text
Literatureis aliterary genre consisting of works created exclusively on and for digital devices0.90text
the Greekinstance ofwith the first by comparing inconsistencies in the transmitted versions of literature from various oral societies0.80text
Serbiainstance ofwith the first by comparing inconsistencies in the transmitted versions of literature from various oral societies0.80text
other culturesinstance ofwith the first by comparing inconsistencies in the transmitted versions of literature from various oral societies0.80text
then noting that the Vedic literature is too consistentinstance ofwith the first by comparing inconsistencies in the transmitted versions of literature from various oral societies0.80text
vast to have been composedinstance ofwith the first by comparing inconsistencies in the transmitted versions of literature from various oral societies0.80text
transmitted orally across generationsinstance ofwith the first by comparing inconsistencies in the transmitted versions of literature from various oral societies0.80text
without being written downinstance ofwith the first by comparing inconsistencies in the transmitted versions of literature from various oral societies0.80text
Ramcharitmanas.The earliest known Greek writings are Mycenaeaninstance ofwith subsequent redaction progressing down to the 4th century AD0.80text

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