literary history
collocation in Englishmeaningsofliteraryandhistory
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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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history
noun
uk/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition ofliteraryandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He has contributed articles on social, rural, local andliteraryhistory, language, ephemera and the environment to a wide range of magazines and newspapers.
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One virtue of such a newliteraryhistorymight be as a corrective to some recent colonial historiography.
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The privileged poetic middle space is part history, partliteraryhistory, part letter home, part call to arms.
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We resisted all of the methods that we were taught, that is to say biographical methods, along with traditionalliteraryhistory.
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The metaphoric description ofliteraryhistoryas a long and complex evolution of forms also gained wide acceptance.
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Post-warliteraryhistoryreflects the cultural will to return to the prewar gender status quo.
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They also examine recent proposals for reform and the possible effect of these reforms on literary criticism,literaryhistoryand text-editing.
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Since most indigenous languages do not have aliteraryhistory, the emphasis on literacy in revitalization is of questionable value for these small face-to-face indigenous communities.
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Art e history andliteraryhistoryfrequently structure their discussions of agency in terms of the way their disciplines understand and apprehend the intentionality of a named author or artist.
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When we look into the crypt ofliteraryhistory, are we recovering in our culture what is lost in theirs, or recovering in their culture what is lost in ours?
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After her death, her character underwent several transformations, until at the beginning of this century she was reduced to "a romantic heroine ofliteraryhistory" and her poetry almost erased.
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On the one hand she challenges 'canonical'literaryhistoryby revealing the patriarchal values which underlie the construction of the canon itself and obliterate the women.
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With its copious annotations, biographical summaries and guides to further reading, this anthology will provide students with an indispensable introduction to the cultural andliteraryhistoryof the rural landscape.
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There are not very many, but they exist, and anybody acquainted with the elements ofliteraryhistorycan give you easily the chief names.
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In subsequent years, his name was popularized by specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias, and in reinterpretative essays onliteraryhistory.
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Joycean word play frequently seeks to imply linguistic andliteraryhistoryon a single plane of communication.
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Theliteraryhistoryis thus short, but surprisingly vibrant.
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