literary legacy

collocation in English

meaningsofliteraryandlegacy

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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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legacy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈleɡ.ə.si/us
/ˈleɡ.ə.si/
money or property that you receive from someone after ...
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(Definition ofliteraryandlegacyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The "necessary evils" of social purity and censorship must be credited in part for our perception of individual writers and theirliterarylegacy.
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The film also spawned aliterarylegacy.
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Munnangi is known for its rich cultural andliterarylegacy.
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For various reasons, herliterarylegacyis as yet uncollected.
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Veerlapalem is known for its rich cultural andliterarylegacy.
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Unlike other great grandmasters, he left behind noliterarylegacy, which may be attributed to his mental problems.
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Despite this gap in hisliterarylegacy, his work continues to gain attention and recognition.
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Although they were generally a non-literate culture that produced noliterarylegacy, they had an alphabet and described themselves and their world on runestones.
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Opinions are divided about hisliterarylegacy.
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Hisliterarylegacyis punctuated by his modernist tendencies evinced throughout his oeuvre.
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Michener bequeathed the majority of hisliterarylegacyto the university upon his death.
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I don't think controversial or questionable activities in the life of any artist or writer is something that should necessarily discount theliterarylegacythat they leave behind.
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