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talic text People sometimes differentiate between "literature" and some popular forms of written work. The terms "literary fiction" and "literary merit" serve to distinguish between individual works. Critics may exclude works from the classification "literature," for example, on the grounds of a poor standard of grammar and syntax, of an unbelievable or disjointed story-line, or of inconsistent or unconvincing characters. Genre fiction (for example romance, crime, or science fiction) may also become excluded from consideration as "literature." In scientific and other strictly factual writing, the "literature" of the subject is the whole body of writings about the subject. Creative non-fiction is a style of factual literature using effective storytelling methods to relay facts and information. The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the earliest known literary works. This Babylonian epic poem arises from stories in Sumerian. Although the Sumerian stories are older ( probably dating to at least 2100 B.C.), it was probably composed around 1900 BC. The epic deals with themes of heroism, friendship, loss, and the quest for eternal life. You can listen to modern scholars reading extracts from this epic in the original language at http://www.speechisfire.com/).
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Recent Science Literature Validates The Use Of Essential Oils
by Ginger Robbins
Apr 19, 2010
Returning to Nature
In just the last few years, natural products, organic foods and alternative/complementary medicine are becoming more popular in western cultures. Included in complementary medicine is the use of essential oils as both a ther...
The Advances of Chiropractic Education
by Al kaleb
Oct 05, 2009
When Daniel Palmer first provided structure to his theories of chiropractic care, there was little if any literature that dealt with the idea of putting together a regimen which reinforced the relationship that exists between a body's structural syst...
Take action to keep your asthma under control
by John Scott
Oct 24, 2008
Asthma has been reported in literature over the last two thousand years. As a medical condition, however, it was considered relatively uncommon and most people grew out of it as they passed through their teenage years. Although a small percentage of ...
Discover Incredible Antioxidant Face Cream Organic Ingredients
by Laurel Levine
Oct 15, 2008
If you are like me, you've probably read a label or two for an organic face cream and it definitely lists the ingredients that were used to create it. Still, an examination of those ingredients might not lead to discovery of these words "antioxidant,...
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