lit-crit

[lit-krit]

noun

Informal.

1. literary criticism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lit-crit¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

A starred Kirkus Review described it as “infused with abundant wisdom, provocative notions, and illuminating insights,” and noted that “This is all saved from earnest or recondite lit-crit not only by the author’s evident intelligence and respect for his readers, but also a gift for dandy one-liners.”

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But rather than going deep on the lit-crit, I would more soberly suggest that "Shadowlands" belongs on the shelf beside Peter Matthiessen's "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse" or Edward Abbey's "Desert Solitaire," as a work of political nonfiction that isn't really "political," at least not in the narrow, normative use of that word.

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But her study is blessedly free of lit-crit and cultural-studies jargon.

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All the foregoing is recognizably trite lit-crit sagacity.

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No fusty tome of academic lit-crit, it’s lively and insightful.

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