modern literature

collocation in English

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modern
adjective
uk
/ˈmɒd.ən/us
/ˈmɑː.dɚn/
designed and made using the most recent ideas ...
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literature
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɪt.rə.tʃər/us
/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ə.tʃɚ/
written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting ...
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(Definition ofmodernandliteraturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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From a methodological viewpoint, it must be said thatmodernliteraturereviews use the technique of meta-analysis.
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Covenantal ideas appeared in earlymodernliteratureand defined diverse relationships from the divine and human, to the institutional organization of civil and ecclesiastical communities.
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The figure of the outsider is, of course, one of the staple figures ofmodernliterature.
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A curriculum ofmodernliterature, morality, and history was of educational and intellectual worth and did not need to be pursued in a formal environment.
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It is excellently edited, and the bibliography containing references to a wide range ofmodernliteratureon family life, is valuable.
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Themodernliteratureof dance is redolent with these associations.
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He frames his arguments skilfully, knows the medieval texts andmodernliteraturevery well, and writes accessibly.
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So really he is not a censor in the full sense of the word; he is a kind of censor with a small "c", censoringmodernliterature.
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He was a novelist, a translator, literary editor, and a playwright; wrote a number of reviews onmodernliteratureand art.
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The aura of illicitness and mystery surrounding absinthe has played intomodernliterature, movies, music and television.
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The sound /h/ in cuneiform is in themodernliteraturesometimes transliterated as "kh".
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Particular strengths includemodernliterature, performing arts, and photography.
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It continues to influencemodernliterature.
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It has a wide range of ancient andmodernliteratureand books as well as national and international journals.
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Nonetheless, their use can still be found inmodernliterature.
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This combination of classical elements andmodernliteraturewas novel for his time.
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Partly because of this, superscript numerals have increasingly been used inmodernliteraturein the place of these symbols, especially when several footnotes are required.
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It has been mostly replaced, inmodernliterature, by the short story collection or anthology absent of any authorial conceita and other rhetorical devices.
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The classification of the trading post as a fort is a product ofmodernliterature.
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