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⇑Estonian Literature at University of Tartu

Language: Estonian Studies in Estonian
Subject area: humanities
University website: ut.ee
Programme: Estonian Literature
Type: PhD/Doctoral programme
Academic degree: Doktorikraad
Duration: 240 ECTS

⇑Definitions and quotes

Literature
Literature, most generically, is any body of written works. More restrictively, literature writing is considered to be an art form, or any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary usage.
Literature
Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor.
Isaac D'Israeli, [The Literary Character, Illustrated by the History of Men of Genius (1795-1822), Chapter XXII.
Literature
The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.
Hugh Blair, p. 386.
Literature
Be less concerned about the number of books you read, and more about the good use you make of them. The best of books is the Bible.
Christian Scriver, p. 386.
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