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Definition of Literary criticism

1. Noun. A written evaluation of a work of literature.

2. Noun. The informed analysis and evaluation of literature.

Definition of Literary criticism

1. Noun. (literature) The study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Literary Criticism

literalizers literalizes literalizing literally literalness literalnesses literals literarily literariness literarinesses

literary literary agent literary argument literary composition literary critic literary criticism (current term) literary device literary devices literary genre literary hack

literary journalism literary language literary pirate literary review literary study literary technique literary theory literary work literate literate person

Literary usage of Literary criticism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"literary criticism is paid for, we suppose — at least in most (rases, for there is some criticism to which it must be very difficult to affix a value, ..."

2. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist: A Popular Illustration of the Principles by Richard Green Moulton (1901)
"Current Yet the great mass of literary criticism at the present ... And, as a matter of fact, the bulk of literary criticism, whether in popular ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Principles of literary criticism. JEG de 73. Ag. 1. '14. ... Some principles of literary criticism. J. E: G. de C: I.. Moore. Dial. 57: 185-7. ..."

4. The Bookman (1911)
"Ill ELIZABETHAN "literary criticism"* It is as well that Professor ... Dr. Klein, we fancy, has given his own * literary criticism from the Elizabethan ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"literary criticism finds in the dramatic construction of the book a strong argument for the literary unity of Lamentations. ..."

6. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"10-7942 literary criticism. Arnold, M: Essays in criticism; third series. •$1.25. ... Klein, D: literary criticism from the Elizabethan dramatists. *$1.50. ..."

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