what is literature, &nbsp;<span ><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >1.</span> </span></span><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >writings</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >in</span> </span>which expression<span id="hotword" >&nbsp;<span id="hotword" name="hotword" >and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >form,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >connection</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >with</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >ideas</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >permanent</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >universal</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >interest,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >are</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >characteristic</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >essential</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >features,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >as</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >poetry,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >novels,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >history,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >biography,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >essays.</span> </span><div ><span ><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >2.</span> </span></span><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >entire</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >body</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >writings</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >specific</span> </span>language<span id="hotword" >, <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >period,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >people,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >etc.:</span> </span><span ><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >literature</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >England.</span>&nbsp;</span></span> </div><div ><span ><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >3.</span> </span></span><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >writings</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >dealing</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >with</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >particular</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >subject:</span> </span><span ><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >literature</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >ornithology.</span>&nbsp;</span></span> </div><div ><span ><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >4.</span> </span></span><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >profession</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >writer</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >author.</span> </span></div><div ><span ><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >5.</span> </span></span>literary<span id="hotword" >&nbsp;<span id="hotword" name="hotword" >work</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >production.</span> </span></div><div ><span><span ><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >6.</span> </span></span><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >any</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >kind</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >printed</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >material,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >as</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >circulars,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >leaflets,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >handbills:</span> </span><span ><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >literature</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >describing</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >company</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >products.</span>&nbsp;</span></span> <div ><span ><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >7.</span> </span></span><span ><span ><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >Archaic.</span> </span></span> </span><span id="hotword" ><span id="hotword" name="hotword" >polite</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >learning;</span> </span>literary culture<span id="hotword" >; <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >appreciation</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >letters</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" >books.</span> </span></div></span></div>, 欢迎