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Literature

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

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decorum

Literature; General literature

Literary and dramatic propriety especially as formulated and practiced by the Neoclassicists about the fitness of a style to a theatrical subject. The concept of decorum is also ...

Deerbrook

Literature; General literature

Published in 1839, it’s the first and best-regarded novel by Harriet Martineau, an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist The novel's ...

psychoanalytic criticism

Literature; General literature

Modern psychology has had a tremendous effect on both literature and literary criticism. Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theories changed our notions of human behavior by exploring ...

deconstructionist criticism

Literature; General literature

Deconstruction is a method of literary criticism which assumes that language refers only to itself rather than to an extratextual reality and which asserts multiple conflicting ...

The Canterbury Tales

Literature; General literature

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The framework of the tales is a story-telling contest ...

Albus Dumbledore

Literature; General literature

Albus Dumbledore is a fictional character created by J. K. Rowling and is a main character in the Harry Potter series. For most of the series he is headmaster of Hogwarts school ...

Ron Weasley

Literature; General literature

Ronald “Ron” Weasley is a fictional character created by J. K. Rowling and is one of the main protagonists and friend of Harry Potter in the series of the same name. Ron fits many ...