Literature

Literature

Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.

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foot

Literature; General literature

The metrical unit by which a line of poetry is measured. A foot usually consists of one stressed and one or two unstressed syllables. An iambic foot, which consists of one ...

foil

Literature; General literature

A character in a work whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character in order to highlight the distinctive temperament of that character (usually the ...

flat character

Literature; General literature

See character.

well-made play

Literature; General literature

A realistic style of play that employs conventions including plenty of suspense created by meticulous plotting. Well-made plays are tightly and logically constructed, and lead to ...

villanelle

Literature; General literature

A type of fixed form poetry consisting of nineteen lines of any length divided into six stanzas: five tercets and a concluding quatrain. The first and third lines of the initial ...