Phrase Hound found 23 phrases and 18 compound words that contain literary. The most common are listed below. Open literary in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 23
- literary criticismThe study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature.
- literary languageA register of a language that is used in literary writing.
- literary scienceIn many European countries, all kinds of scientific study pertinent to literature, including history of literature, literary criticism, comparative literature, and literary theory.
- Literary works
- literary fictionAny work of fiction regarded as having literary merit.
- Literary History
- literary theoryThe theory or the philosophy of the interpretation of literature and literary criticism
- literary deviceAn identifiable rule of thumb, convention, or structure that is employed in literature and storytelling.
- literary agentA person who represents writers and their written works to publishers and film producers and assists in the sale and deal negotiation of the same.
- Literary ChineseThe written Chinese language used from the end of the Han Dynasty (220 C.E.) to the early 20th century. In Chinese, 文言 (wényán, “literary writing”).
- literary inquisitionThe persecution of intellectuals on the basis of their writings as practiced in imperial China.
- literary agentsplural of literary agent: A person who represents writers and their written works to publishers and film producers and assists in the sale and deal negotiation of the same.
- literary devicesplural of literary device: An identifiable rule of thumb, convention, or structure that is employed in literature and storytelling.
- literary presentThe present tense as used by convention to describe events in fictional works, such as when explaining the plot of a book or film.
- literary techniqueLiterary device.
- literary techniquesplural of literary technique: Literary device.
- literary tourismThe recreational practice of visiting places and attending events that are mentioned in literary texts or relevant to the lives of their authors.
- literary journalismJournalism with a more storylike twist than its factual counterpart.
- literary executorA person acting on behalf of beneficiaries (e.g. family members, a designated charity, a research library or archive) under the author's will.
- literary executorsplural of literary executor: A person acting on behalf of beneficiaries (e.g. family members, a designated charity, a research library or archive) under the author's will.
- literary inquisitionsplural of literary inquisition: The persecution of intellectuals on the basis of their writings as practiced in imperial China.
- Jewish Literary AramaicA literary dialect of Aramaic that evolved in Judea from Imperial Aramaic, used for writing from around 200 BCE to 200 CE.
- lego-literaryPertaining to the literature of law.
Compound words 18
- uniliteraryHaving a single, straightforward interpretation.
- postliteraryAfter literature.
- subliteraryBelow the level of literature.
- antiliteraryRelating to antiliterature; defying the conventions of literature.
- extraliteraryOutside literature.
- hyperliteraryHighly literary.
- preliteraryBefore the development of literature.
- cyberliteraryRelating to cyberliterature.
- literaristAn academic involved in teaching literature rather than composition.
- literaryismliterary style or expression