literature

Example Sentences

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For Ms. Back, teaching literature was a performance, in which she stood before the classroom and marveled at “the glorious metaphor, the heartbreaking image, the joy-inspiring music of the poem.”

From The Wall Street Journal

These five writers spoke with The Wall Street Journal about their personal GOATs of early American literature, and why their long-ago works still resonate with them.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Boss Lincoln” fills a gap in the literature and ensures lively discussion into the future.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jeff has a bachelor’s degree in literature from Franklin & Marshall College.

From The Wall Street Journal

One day I happened to mention that my class in German literature was reading The Sorrows of Young Werther, and her eyebrows spiked.

From Literature