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literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
Naipaul, Sir V.S. — ▪ Trinidadian British writer in full Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul born August 17, 1932, Trinidad Trinidadian writer of Indian descent known for his pessimistic novels set in developing countries. For these revelations of what the… … Universalium
Pillow Book, The — (Makura no Sōshi) by Sei Shōnagon (ca. 1002) The Pillow Book is considered by contemporary scholars to be one of the two great literary monuments of the Japanese HEIAN PERIOD (the other being MURASAKI SHIKIBU’s TALE OF GENJI). SEI SHōNAGON … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
