lit-crit
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lit-crit
By shortening
Example Sentences
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I once wrote a term paper for a lit-crit course where I “deconstructed” the MTV program “Pimp My Ride.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2017
But now I’ll hit pause on the armchair lit-crit to simply marvel at how entertaining—if dark—this premiere was.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2013
What blogs can give readers is a sense of trust that, in professional circles, only the biggest lit-crit names – such as James Wood or Michiko Kakutani – can attain: a "criticism with personality".
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2012
This esoteric probing, along with Zipperstein’s guru’s dome and beard, gave his students a sense that they’d been spiritually vetted and were now—for two hours Wednesday afternoons, at least––part of a campus lit-crit élite.
From The New Yorker ● May 31, 2010
Innocent of slickness or lit-crit smarts, his novel has authority and a refreshing flinty charm.
From Time Magazine Archive
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