Literature and its definitions.

What is literature :-

The following are some of the definitions of literature according to different authors .

 

          Literature is the personal use or exercise of language .

                           ( Cardinal Newman )

          Literature is the news that stay news .

                            ( Ezra Pound )

          Literature always anticipates life . It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose .

                             ( Oscar wilde )

          Art is a step taken by nature towards eternity .

                              ( Goethe )  

          Literature must voice the past, reflect the present and mould the future .

                              ( Montaigne )

          All art ( Literature ) is the expression of life in the forms of truth and beauty.

                              ( Emerson )

         Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity.

                            ( Rebecca West )

In general we can defined literature as

Books and other written works, especially those considered to have creative or artistic merit or lasting value.

                                          OR

 Literature, most generically, is any body or collection of written work.

Difference between  “ Literature ”   and    “ literature ” 

The world  `` literature `` is a common noun and refers to any kind of witings such as essays , story etc

while `` Literature `` is a proper noun and it refer to a whole body of literary work often relating to a specific culture and language .

`` Literature with an emphasis on `` L `` is a subset of the new general `` literature ``.

Literature refers to written work of exceptional intellectual  specific language  whereas `` literature `` can be anything written.