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Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels , plays , and poems . It includes both print and digital writing . In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature , much of which has been transcribed. Literature is a method of recording, preserving, and transmitting knowledge and entertainment . It can also have a social, psychological, spiritual, or political role.
The term is sometimes used synonymously with literary fiction , which encompasses fiction written with the goal of literary merit .Literature, as an art form, can also include works in various non-fiction genres, such as biography , diaries , memoirs , letters , and essays . Within its broad definition, literature includes non-fictional books , articles, or other written information on a particular subject. (Full article... )
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Image 1 European output of manuscripts 500–1500 (from
History of books )
Image 3 A
Sumerian clay tablet , currently housed in the
Oriental Institute at the
University of Chicago , inscribed with the text of the poem
Inanna and Ebih by the priestess
Enheduanna , the first author whose name is known
Image 4 Hemingway's telegram in 1954 (the academy has alternately used
for Literature and
in Literature over the years, the latter becoming the norm today) (from
Nobel Prize in Literature )
Image 5 Chinese Bookseller, illustration, c. 1824 (from
History of books )
Image 6 Cutlery for children. Detail showing fairy-tale scenes:
Snow White ,
Little Red Riding Hood ,
Hansel and Gretel . (from
Fairy tale )
Image 7 John Bauer 's illustration of trolls and a princess from a collection of Swedish fairy tales (from
Fairy tale )
Image 9 The oldest known love poem. Sumerian
terracotta tablet#2461 from Nippur, Iraq. Ur III period, 2037–2029 BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul (from
History of poetry )
Image 10 The philosopher
Confucius was influential in the developed approach to poetry and
ancient music theory . (from
History of poetry )
Image 11 H. O. Tanager
performs at a bookstore in Boise, Idaho. (from
Performance poetry )
Image 12 Sculpture of
Alfonso Reyes writer of influential pieces of Mexican
surrealism . (from
Latin American literature )
Image 13 Statue of C. S. Lewis in front of the wardrobe from his Narnia book
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (from
Children's literature )
Image 14 The European fairy tale
Little Red Riding Hood and the
Wolf in a painting by
Carl Larsson in 1881. (from
Fairy tale )
Image 15 Galway Kinnell performing a poetic piece in
Vermont (from
Performance poetry )
Image 16 French author
Albert Camus was the first African-born writer to receive the award. (from
Nobel Prize in Literature )
Image 17 An author portrait of
Jean Miélot writing his compilation of the
Miracles of Our Lady , one of his many popular works. (from
History of books )
Image 18 European output of printed books c. 1450–1800 (from
History of books )
Image 19 A 15th-century
Incunable . Notice the blind-tooled cover, corner bosses, and clasps. (from
History of books )
Image 20 A
Tagore illustration of a Hindu myth (from
Children's literature )
Image 21 The New England Primer (from
Children's literature )
Image 22 European output of books 500–1800 (from
History of books )
Image 23 Hugo Ball performing at the Cabaret Voltaire (from
Performance poetry )
Image 24 Father Frost acts as a donor in the Russian fairy tale
Father Frost , testing the heroine before bestowing riches upon her (from
Fairy tale )
Image 25 Natias Neutert performing
Diogenes Synopsis as at Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, 1986 (from
Performance poetry )
Image 27 Estimated medieval output of manuscripts in terms of copies (from
Medieval literature )
Image 28 Octavio Paz helped to define modern poetry and the Mexican personality. (from
Latin American literature )
Image 30 Roberto Bolaño is considered to have had the greatest United States impact of any post-Boom author (from
Latin American literature )
Image 31 The scene in
Botticelli 's
Madonna of the Book (1480) reflects the presence of books in the houses of richer people in his time. (from
History of books )
Image 32 Gabrielle Roy was a notable French Canadian author. (from
Canadian literature )
Image 33 Charles G. D. Roberts was a poet that belonged to an informal group known as the
Confederation Poets . (from
Canadian literature )
Image 35 A mother reads to her children in a mid- to late 19th century
lithograph by
Jessie Willcox Smith . (from
Children's literature )
Image 37 Kings' Fairy Tale , 1909, by
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (from
Fairy tale )
Image 38 An early Chinese
poetics , the
Kǒngzǐ Shīlùn (孔子詩論), discussing the
Shijing (
Classic of Poetry ) (from
History of poetry )
Image 39 Peruvian poet
César Vallejo , considered by
Thomas Merton "the greatest universal poet since Dante" (from
Latin American literature )
Image 40 Number of children's books titles published by the trade sector in 2020 (from
Children's literature )
Image 43 Pages from the 1819 edition of
Kinder- und Haus-Märchen by the Brothers Grimm (from
Children's literature )
Image 44 A late 18th-century reprint of
Orbis Pictus by
Comenius , the first children's picture book. (from
Children's literature )
Image 45 In 1901, French poet and essayist
Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907) was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection, and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect." (from
Nobel Prize in Literature )
Image 46 A picture by
Gustave Doré of
Mother Goose reading written (literary) fairy tales (from
Fairy tale )
Image 47 Goethe's Italian Journey between September 1786 and May 1788 (from
Travel literature )
Image 48 Postal stamp of Russia celebrating children's books. (from
Children's literature )
Image 49 Folio from the
Shah Jahan Album , c. 1620, depicting the Mughal Emperor
Shah Jahan (from
History of books )
Image 50 A poet with a few enraptured fans (from
Performance poetry )
Image 51 The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) is a canonical piece of children's literature and
one of the best-selling books ever published. (from
Children's literature )
Image 52 The
Codex Manesse , a German book from the Middle Ages (from
History of books )
Image 53 12-metre-high (40 ft) sculpture of a stack of books at the Berlin
Walk of Ideas , commemorating the
invention of modern book printing (from
History of books )
Image 54 Illustration from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 pirate adventure
Treasure Island (from
Children's literature )
Image 57 The
Book of the Dead of
Hunefer , c. 1275 BCE, ink and pigments on papyrus, in the
British Museum (London) (from
History of books )
Image 58 Statuta Mutine Reformata , 1420–1485; parchment
codex bound in wood and leather with brass plaques worked the corners and in the center, with clasps. (from
Medieval literature )
Image 59 Hop-o'-My-Thumb and the
ogre in an 1865 illustration (from
Fairy tale )
Image 61 An early Mexican
hornbook pictured in Tuer's
History of the Horn-Book , 1896. (from
Children's literature )
Image 62 The character which means "poetry", in the ancient Chinese
Great Seal script style. The modern character is
詩 /
诗 (shī). (from
History of poetry )
Image 63 Statue of
Minnie the Minx , a character from
The Beano . Launched in 1938, the comic is known for its anarchic humour, with
Dennis the Menace appearing on the cover. (from
Children's literature )
Image 64 The Crescent Moon by
Rabindranath Tagore illus. by
Nandalal Bose , Macmillan 1913 (from
Children's literature )
Image 65 A Chinese bamboo book (from
History of books )
Image 67 Woman holding wax tablets in the form of the
codex . Wall painting from
Pompeii , before 79 CE. (from
History of books )
Image 68 Page from a Jain manuscript depicting the birth of
Mahavira , c. 1400 (from
History of books )
Image 69 Gabriel García Márquez , one of the most renowned Latin American writers (from
Latin American literature )
Image 70 Two people dressed up in costumes inspired by
Willy Wonka (from Roald Dahl's
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ), and the
Hatter (from Lewis Carroll's
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ) in London (from
Children's literature )
Image 71 Newbery's
A Little Pretty Pocket-Book , originally published in 1744 (from
Children's literature )
Image 72 Page from the
Blue Quran manuscript, ca. 9th or 10th century CE (from
History of books )
Image 73 Jikji ,
Selected Teachings of Buddhist Sages and Seon Masters , the earliest known book printed with movable metal type, 1377.
Bibliothèque Nationale de France , Paris. (from
History of books )
Image 74 Folio from a manuscript of the
Shanamah (Book of Kings) (from
History of books )
Image 75 Photograph of a printing press in Egypt, c. 1922 (from
History of books )
Image 77 The first page of
Beowulf (from
Medieval literature )
Image 78 Calliope , the
muse of heroic poetry (from
History of poetry )
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