Literature

Literature

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

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southern gothic

Literature; Genre

Southern Gothic is a subgenre of Gothic fiction unique to American literature that takes place exclusively in the American South. Common themes in Southern Gothic literature ...

space opera

Literature; Genre

Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that often emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in outer space, usually involving conflict ...

speculative fiction

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Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror fiction, weird fiction, supernatural ...

speech

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Speech is the vocalized form of human. It is based upon the syntactic combination of lexicals and names that are drawn from very large (usually about 10,000 different words) . ...

spell

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A spell, charm, or incantation is a set of words, spoken or unspoken (prayer). Casting a spell is considered by its user to invoke some magical effect. Historical attestations ...

spiritual autobiography

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Spiritual autobiography is a genre of non-fiction prose that dominated Protestant writing during the seventeenth century, particularly in England, particularly that of dissenters. ...

splatterpunk

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Splatterpunk—a term coined in 1986 by David J. Schow at the Twelfth World Fantasy Convention in Providence, Rhode Island—refers to a movement within horror fiction distinguished ...