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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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authoritative

Literature; Literary terms

An authoritative argument or report serves to establish what counts as the true facts and values within the fictional world. This is the fashion inwhich many of the greatest ...

antitype

Literature; Literary terms

The antitype is the later correlative of the Old Testament figure, the type. The Old Testament type or figure is held to be a prophecy or promise of the higher truth that is ...

ambiguity

Literature; Literary terms

Ambiguity is applied to a fault in style, that is, the use of a vague or equivocal experssion when what is wanted is precision and particularity of reference. Alternative terms ...

alazon

Literature; Literary terms

An alazon is one of the four stock characters whose interactions constitutes a standard plot in a play, an impostor and self-deceiving braggart. The other stock characters are ...

aphorism

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Aphorism is a pithy and pointed statement of a serious maxim, opinion or general truth. One of the best-known aphorisms is also one of the shortest: art is long, life is short. ...

apologue

Literature; Literary terms

An apologue is a short narrative, in prose or in verse, that exemplifies an abstract moral thesis or principle of human behaviour. It usually states at its conclusion by either ...