elegant+literature
51humanities — n. pl. [With The prefixed.] Belleslettres, polite literature, elegant literature, literature as the vehicle of cultivated reason, literature as the union of truth and beauty …
52belles-lettres — belletrist /bel le trist/, n. belletristic /bel li tris tik/, adj. Fr. /bel le trddeu/, n.pl. 1. literature regarded as a fine art, esp. as having a purely aesthetic function. 2. light and elegant literature, esp. that which is excessively… …
53Thomas Bulfinch — Infobox Writer name = Thomas Bulfinch imagesize = caption = pseudonym = birthdate = birth date|1796|7|15 birthplace = Newton, Massachusetts deathdate = death date and age|1867|5|27|1796|7|15 deathplace = occupation = Banker nationality = USA… …
54the humanities — Belles lettres, polite literature, elegant literature …
55(the) Augustan Age — the Augustan Age [the Augustan Age] the period of English literature in the early 18th century, when writers such as Swift and Pope were active. The name comes from that of the Roman ↑emperor Augustus, who ruled when Virgil, Horace and Ovid were… …
56Belles-lettres — Belles let tres, n. pl. [F.] Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant. [1913 Webster] …
57Diligent — Dil i*gent, a. [F. diligent, L. diligens, entis, p. pr. of diligere, dilectum, to esteem highly, prefer; di = dis + legere to choose. See {Legend}.] 1. Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent …
58Parnassus — /pahr nas euhs/, n. 1. Mount. Modern, Liakoura. a mountain in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth and near Delphi. ab. 8000 ft. (2440 m). 2. a collection of poems or of elegant literature. 3. the world of poetry or poets collectively: a… …
59Nathan Drake (essayist and physician) — Nathan Drake, engraved after Henry Thomson Nathan Drake (15 January 1766–1836), English essayist and physician, son of Nathan Drake, an artist, was born at York.[1] …
60belles-lettres — elegant literature, aesthetics, 1710, French, lit. fine letters, from belles, plural of belle, fem. of beau fine, beautiful (see BEAU (Cf. beau)) + lettres, plural of lettre letter (see LETTER (Cf. letter)). The literary equivalent of bea …
