Literary Definition | What is Literary? - PoetrySoup
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[adj] appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"
[adj] knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"
[adj] of or relating to or dealing with good literature; "literary criticism"
Concerning the writing or study of literature, especially that of high quality.
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formal, literate, well-written
Related Terms
academic, belletristic, bibliophagic, bluestocking, book-fed, bookish, book-learned, book-loving, book-minded, book-read, book-wise, booky, classical, cultivated, cultured, donnish, educated, erudite, formal, inkhorn, learned, lettered, literate, pedantic
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[n] an agent who represents an author is dealings with publishers
Person who acts on behalf of an author in negotiations with publishers/film makers etc in return for a percentage of final fee. Agents seldom represent poets, however, as there is (regrettably) very little money to be made out of poetry.
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Glossary of literary related terminology; usually broader in scope than a 'Glossary of Poetic Terms'.
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