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"Literature" Definition

noun

Imaginative or creative writing, especially of recognized artistic value: "Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity” ( Rebecca West).
Music All the compositions of a certain kind or for a specific instrument or ensemble: the symphonic literature.
Printed material: collected all the available literature on the subject.
The art or occupation of a literary writer.
The body of written work produced by scholars or researchers in a given field: medical literature.