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literary criticism



NOUN
textual criticism
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She stressed, however, the importance of distinguishing between literary criticism and what often passes for such on social media but which, in her view, amounts to "advertising."

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Some organists might dabble in literary criticism too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

Even Aristotle, who could be said to have launched literary criticism, set forth the precepts of tragedy by empirically studying the indelible examples of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

"It's not literary criticism," he is keen to stress.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023

She read constantly and offered, in letters to Etty mostly, her literary criticism.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman


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