literary merit

collocation in English

meaningsofliteraryandmerit

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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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merit
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmer.ɪt/us
/ˈmer.ɪt/
formal
the quality of being good and ...
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(Definition ofliteraryandmeritfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofliterary merit

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She maintained that anyliterarymerit(in both artistic and populist terms) of the series was enhanced rather than compromised by its educational aims.
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They have differed considerably inliterarymerit, but that is perhaps inevitable when the services of a syndicate of writers have been called into requisition.
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It did not have sufficientliterarymeritto appear in the leading periodicals of the period.
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More and more their jobs seemed to lack theliterarymeritthat they had learned to look for in their lives.
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They have thousands of titles on offer, but a great number of the tomes seem to be picture books of dubiousliterarymerit.
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There is no defence under the indecency charges of the matter being for the public good or havingliterarymerit, or anything of that kind.
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Those are judged onliterarymeritor substantive content.
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They were attractive, forward-looking words of high quality prose andliterarymeritin 1957.
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First, the idea thatliterarymeritcan justify obscenity requires a qualification.
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Then one decides whether it has enoughliterarymeritto counterbalance any element of obscenity that one finds in it.
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We tried to find out whatliterarymeritwas.
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The tragedy is that the kind of literature sold by these shops, far from being of anyliterarymerit, is frankly trash.
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This is not a book ofliterarymerit; it is too ill translated.
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There are the two problems which have been already discussed, namely, what is artistic andliterarymeritand what is obscenity.
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But when it comes to questions of artistic andliterarymerit, juries should have expert evidence before them.
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There are people who will pick up a book of acknowledgedliterarymeritand find material in it which can be twisted into something improper.
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No doubt, courts manage to reach decisions, but when we come toliterarymeritwe are coming into a rather rarefied atmosphere.
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His reports are comprehensive, fair, incisive, well written and have realliterarymerit, which is usually missing from most public documents.
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