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Literature & Literacy

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    • Literature is any body of written works and typically refers to writing 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.

    Thumbnail: Old book bindings at the Merton College library. Image used with permission (CC BY-SA 3.0; Tom Murphy VII)