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- noun The property of being
literary , either being a work ofliterature or knowledgable of literature.
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Examples
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What grants it its exalted place may be called literariness or art or any number of other names, but whatever these are, they are, finally, ineffable things.
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What grants it its exalted place may be called literariness or art or any number of other names, but whatever these are, they are, finally, ineffable things.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Even so, literary fiction is generally characterized as distinctive based on its content and style ( "literariness", the concern to be "writerly").
On Mimetic and Maieutic Fiction Hal Duncan 2009
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Even so, literary fiction is generally characterized as distinctive based on its content and style ( "literariness", the concern to be "writerly").
Archive 2009-07-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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On the other hand, it needs to, on some other level/s, be more than just a story: I look for "literariness".
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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On the other hand, it needs to, on some other level/s, be more than just a story: I look for "literariness".
The Discussion Moves Along; Spec. Fic.: Literary Vs. Entertaining? 2008
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I was expecting to experience "literariness" in several pubs.
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(chuck out a number, any number) * how much and what kind of literariness do you have to have in a piece before you can get a macarthur?
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He believes that this is a way to spark a broader embracing of literariness, literature and self-expression.
Innovation 2010
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He believes that this is a way to spark a broader embracing of literariness, literature and self-expression.
co-creating futures 2009
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