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Definition of Literariness
1. Noun. The property of being literary, either being a work of literature or knowledgable of literature. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Literariness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Literariness
Literary usage of Literariness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1899)
"There is no "literariness" in him: he has no models and takes no advice. There is
an immense certainty in his views, and all he has to do is to clothe them ..."
2. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"His partial desertion of Pope for Dryden as a model is itself part of a general
literariness, which has perhaps never been quite sufficiently realised. ..."
3. Dramatic Values by Charles Edward Montague (1911)
"One may have a little misgiving lest Mr. Mase- field have let a little taint
of "literariness" creep into his dialogue now and again ; for example, ..."
4. Learning and Living: Academic Essays by Ephraim Emerton (1921)
"The most insidious snare of the ministerial candidate is literariness in any of
its alluring forms. The moment he finds himself achieving "fine writing" is ..."
5. The Later Nineteenth Century by George Saintsbury (1907)
"... its declared war with science, and even its attempts to wrest from science
scientific arms, its literariness,— whatever their defects and drawbacks ..."
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