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A literary text is a piece of writing, such as a book or poem, that has the purpose of telling a story or entertaining, as in a fictional novel. Its primary function as a text is usually aesthetic, but it may also contain political messages or beliefs.
Descriptive poetics is an analytic approach within literary studies. While the concept of poetics goes back to Aristotle , the term "descriptive poetics" refers to an approach which, according to Brian McHale , represents a middle ground between theoretically oriented approaches and analyses of individual works of literature.
A purple patch is an over-written passage in which the writer has strained too hard to achieve an impressive effect, by elaborate figures or other means.
"[Descriptive poetry] is poetry in which it is not imaginative passion that prevails, but a didactic purpose or even something of the instinct of a sublimated auctioneer. In other words, the landscape, architecture , still life or whatever may be the object of the poet's attention, is not used as an accessory, but is itself the centre of interest.
Henry IX (1075 – 13 December 1126), was a member of the House of Welf, a powerful dynasty in medieval Germany. He was born around 1075 and died in 1126. He was born around 1075 and died in 1126. Henry IX is often referred to as “ Henry the Black ” (Heinrich der Schwarze) and ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1120 until his death in 1126.
Title IX; Long title: An Act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Vocational Education Act of 1963, the General Education Provisions Act (creating a National Foundation for Postsecondary Education and a National Institute of Education), the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress, and related Acts, and for other purposes.
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies [a] is a 2009 role-playing video game developed by Level-5 and Square Enix for the Nintendo DS. Published by Square Enix in Japan in July 2009 and by Nintendo overseas the following year, it is the ninth mainline entry in the Dragon Quest series. The storyline follows the protagonist, a member of ...
Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) [1] is an American singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader, and activist. She is considered one of the leading music artists behind the country rock genre in the 1970s and the Americana genre in the 1990s.