literary work

Noun
  1. Imaginative or creative writing (synset 106375736)
    is a type of: piece of writing, writing, written material - the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
    subtypes:
    • acrostic - verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
    • belles lettres, belles-lettres - creative writing valued for esthetic content
    • dialog, dialogue - a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
    • fiction - a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
    • fictionalisation, fictionalization - a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction
    • hagiology - literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints
    • lucubration - a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
    • pastoral - a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
    • poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
    • potboiler - a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot)
    • tushery - writing of poor quality; characterized by affected choice of archaic words
    same as: literary composition

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