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  • noun Plural form of literature.

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  • We shall identify economy both as a theme within literatures and as a way of thinking about the value of fantastic literature itself ....

    Magical Money 2009

  • We shall identify economy both as a theme within literatures and as a way of thinking about the value of fantastic literature itself ....

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • Just as “French” is a social rather than biogical construction - but the affects of that social creation are strong enough that there actually are classes specifically in French literatures, French history and so forth.

    Womens studies debated 2005

  • English literature, like other literatures, is full of battle-poems, but it is worth noticing that the ones that have won for themselves a kind of popularity are always a tale of disasters and retreats.

    The Lion and the Unicorn 1941

  • The collaboration, created with funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will set up a joint operation for copy editing, design, layout and typesetting for the work in American literatures.

    New collaboration for scholarly publishing 2008

  • Assessing this claim requires an in-depth examination of specific literatures, which is beyond the scope of this rapid response, but we look forward to examining some specific cases in the future .....

    The Neurocritic 2009

  • The growth of vernacular literatures, that is of literatures no longer generally expressed in Latin, but in the local speech (northern or southern French, or English, or High or Low German) was another disruptive factor.

    Latest Articles 2008

  • Other able researchers were members of our “moveable feast” research seminar over the five years of this project, analyzing data and reviewing far-flung literatures in sociology, psychology, political science, history, constitutional law, philosophy, theology, and yet more.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • Reading skills are needed to comprehend any academic writings, books or other literatures. if a student is capable of understanding a discourse in English language, he/she gets more knowledge from his/her reading.

    What Are The Effects Of Reading Skills On Performance Of Students? « Reading Skills Help « Literacy Help « Literacy News 2009

  • The reading that sometimes was entailed; not being born on the right side of the parallel, ThorAu has had to keep up with the holy trinities of * several* national literatures: St. Munro, St. Atwood, St. Ondaatch ...

    Afterthoughts 2010

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