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What is Literary Fiction?

What is Literary Fiction?

What makes a written work an example of Literary Fiction? Who should determine what Literary Fiction is? Keep reading, leave a comment, then check out today's writing prompt. [Ed. from the Archive.]

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Literary Fiction is typically my favorite genre to read, but it's still one of the hardest genres to define for most people. And I often wonder: Will today's Literary Fiction be tomorrow's canonic literature?

Is Literary Fiction more 'artsy' or ‘more scholarly’ than other genres of fiction like Contemporary Fiction or Historical Fiction? If so, in what w…

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