Oxford, United Kingdom

Literature and Arts

Language: English Studies in English
Subject area: humanities
University website: www.ox.ac.uk
Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil)
Literature
Literature, most generically, is any body of written works. More restrictively, literature writing is considered to be an art form, or any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary usage.
Literature
La mode d'aimer Racine passera comme la mode du café.
The fashion of liking Racine will pass away like that of coffee.
Literature
The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.
Hugh Blair, p. 386.
Literature
Literature is news that stays news.
Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading (1934), Ch. 8
The extinction of plants and animals can have devastating effects on the environment as well as on humans. An EU-funded project is exploring methods to conserve biodiversity in areas where species are threatened.
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