literary criticism
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Definition(s):
- (n) a written evaluation of a work of literature
- (n) the informed analysis and evaluation of literature
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Usage(s):
- John Granger writes rigorous but accessible literary criticism about Harry Potter.
- Encouraged, he branched out from sci-fi to fields as varied as his interests: literary criticism, psychology, mathematics, mystery, poetry, humor, American history.
- The half of his book that analyzes Engels' writing bogs down in the sort of overexplication of the obvious that has so often given literary criticism a bad name.
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