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| • | Literature is literally "too acquaintance with letters" as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning "an individual written character (letter)"). The term has generally come to identify a collection of texts. The word "literature" as a common noun can refer to any form of writing, such as essays; "Literature" as a proper noun refers to a whole body of literary work, often relating to a specific culture.
"Literature", with emphasis on uppercase L, is a subset of the more general "literature". "Literature" refers to written work of exceptional intellectual calibre, whereas "literature" can be anything written.
Accordingly, War and Peace by Tolstoy is "Literature" (singular) (as well as "literature"). Consequently, a novel by Danielle Steele will be included in "literature" but not in "Literature", since most people would not deem the books to be sufficiently intellectual or meaningful.
What is intellectual or meaningful, though, is subjective and often controversial. Many would argue about what marks a work as "Literature", such as whether or not Neil Gaiman's The Sandman is Literature.
Source: [wikipedia: literature]
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arts:esoteric_and_occult
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Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki |
| | an experienced esoteric practitioner and author with 18 published books on the occult, she teaches and lectures worldwide.
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Michelle Belanger |
| | the official site of this occult and metaphysical author. includes an excerpt from the vampyre codex, biography, photos, links and guestbook.
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Rare Occult Books |
| | an free online archive of rare occult books available for reading online.
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The Twilight Grotto |
| | extensive esoteric archives covering enochian and other forms of western esoterica. has many texts and grimiores online.
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arts_and_entertainment:pagan
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Carl McColman |
| | home page for the author of "the well-read witch" and "embracing jesus and the goddess."
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Celtic Soul |
| | official web site of pagan author, sandra kynes, which includes photo-journal of pilgrimage to ireland, spiritual exploration, miscellaneous writing, information on current and upcoming published work.
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Heathwitch |
| | founder of the organisation apris (acceptance of pagan religions in society). writes on issues pertaining to paganism and goddess spirituality.
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Ly de Angeles |
| | author of "witchcraft: theory and practice" and high priestess of the covenant of wildwood gate in australia.
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Starhawk |
| | author of "the spiral dance", "the fifth sacred thing", and other books that link an earth-based spirituality to action to change the world.
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arts_and_entertainment:celtic
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A Thanksgiving Hymn |
| | a nineteenth-century poem extolling the traditional values of thanksgiving.
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thanksgiving:holidays
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Robin Hood |
| | by j. walker mcspadden, an encyclopedia of the self annotated e-text.
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arthurian:legends
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A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle |
| | cross-curricular literature expansion activities.
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle |
| | cross-curricular literature expansion activities.
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The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle |
| | cross-curricular literature expansion activities
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The Mitten by Jan Brett |
| | printable character masks identical to artwork in book
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The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle |
| | cross-curricular literature expansion activities.
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The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle |
| | cross-curricular literature expansion activities.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle |
| | cross-curricular literature expansion activities.
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The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle |
| | cross-curricular literature expansion activities.
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The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle |
| | cross-curricular literature expansion activities.
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robin_hood:legends
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British Author Bibliographies |
| | checklists of books by agatha christie, jeffery farnol, georgette heyer, j. b. priestley, nevil shute, howard spring, dennis wheatley, p. g. wodehouse, and dornford yates; heyer and yates lists include cover scans. by michael sims.
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Critical Bibliography of Japan in English-Language Verse |
| | comprehensive annotated guide to the use of japanese subjects and forms by british, irish, and american poets, particularly from 1900 to 1950. by david ewick.
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Edward Gorey Bibliography |
| | complete list of the published works; includes books gorey wrote or illustrated, books that include his writings or illustrations, translations, and selected secondary materials.
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Restoration Comedy Project |
| | database of comedies, farces, burlesques and drolls, as well as some tragicomedies in which comedy has a significant part, written in the restoration period. university of seville.
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Terence McKenna Bibliography |
| | extensive lists of primary and secondary materials; includes cover scans of many titles. by chris mays.
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