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LITERATURE
literature
(noun) the profession or art of a writer; āher place in literature is secureā
literature, lit
(noun) the humanistic study of a body of literature; āhe took a course in Russian litā
literature
(noun) creative writing of recognized artistic value
literature
(noun) published writings in a particular style on a particular subject; āthe technical literatureā; āone aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literatureā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
literature (usually uncountable, plural literatures)
The body of all written works.
The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture.
(usually preceded by the) All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
Written fiction of a high standard.
Meronyms
• See also literature
Anagrams
• literateur, literatuer
Source: Wiktionary
Lit"er*a*ture, n. Etym: [F. littƩrature, L. litteratura, literatura, learning, grammar, writing, fr.littera, litera, letter. See Letter.]
1. Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work. Lamp.
Syn.
– Science; learning; erudition; belles-lettres. See Science.
– Literature, Learning, Erudition. Literature, in its widest sense, embraces all compositions in writing or print which preserve the results of observation, thought, or fancy; but those upon the positive sciences (mathematics, etc.) are usually excluded. It is often confined, however, to belles-lettres, or works of taste and sentiment, as poetry, eloquence, history, etc., excluding abstract discussions and mere erudition. A man of literature (in this narrowest sense) is one who is versed in belles-lettres; a man of learning excels in what is taught in the schools, and has a wide extent of knowledge, especially, in respect to the past; a man of erudition is one who is skilled in the more recondite branches of learned inquiry. The origin of all positive science and philosophy, as well as of all literature and art, in the forms in which they exist in civilized Europe, must be traced to the Greeks. Sir G. Lewis. Learning thy talent is, but mine is sense. Prior. Some gentlemen, abounding in their university erudition, fill their sermons with philosophical terms. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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