literary figure

collocation in English

meaningsofliteraryandfigure

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literary
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪt.ər.ər.i/us
/ˈlɪt̬.ə.rer.i/
relating to literature (= written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition ofliteraryandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofliterary figure

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If the author is a well-knownliteraryfigure, you should seek permission as a matter of course.
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Westfahl is correct in differentiating between qualitative assessments and the separate issue of the influence and significance of aliteraryfigure.
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He is a well-knownliteraryfigurein his own right.
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I agree, therefore, that we all want to do justice to the name of an extremely greatliteraryfigure.
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Though a journalist rather than aliteraryfigure, he was one of the most popular writers of his time, and a favourite humorist.
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He has been a leadingliteraryfigurein his own country since the 1960s.
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They also each come across a westernliteraryfigureand take new names after them.
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Bialik was immediately recognized as a celebratedliteraryfigure.
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The society also bestows an honorary presidency on aliteraryfigurewho has achieved distinction in both critical and creative writing.
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In many ways he is aliteraryfigureof transition between old rural culture and modern socialist agitation.
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In between traveling and writing, her career as aliteraryfigurewas secured.
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He leads a dramatic and memomorable life and emerges as ancient, powerful and mysterious -- but as aliteraryfigurerather than a real person.
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For all his big name, he wasn't a centerpieceliteraryfigureand critics all but ignored him.
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However, it was the former work that cemented his place as a significantliteraryfigure.
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Moily is aliteraryfigureof some note.
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She becomes aliteraryfigureafter her first book, essentially an autobiography of her family, is released.
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Traherne was an inconsequentialliteraryfigureduring his lifetime and his works were not known or appreciated until long after his death.
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After the fair youth, the dark lady brings a completely oppositeliteraryfigureinto play.
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The award recognizes aliteraryfigurewho has demonstrated outstanding curiosity and respect for freedom of expression.
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She was a respectedliteraryfigurein her own right.
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