Definition of "literariness" [literariness]

• The property of being literary, either being a work of literature or knowledgable of literature. (noun)

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• "What grants it its exalted place may be called literariness or art or any number of other names, but whatever these are, they are, finally, ineffable things."
• "Even so, literary fiction is generally characterized as distinctive based on its content and style ( "literariness", the concern to be "writerly")."
• "On the other hand, it needs to, on some other level/s, be more than just a story: I look for "literariness"."