epistolary literature

genre or form of literature presented as private letters
Intangible literary_genre Q3491641
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epistolary literature

Summary

epistolary literature is a literary genre[1]. It draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #212 of 487).[2]

Key Facts

  • epistolary literature's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • epistolary literature is a type of literary work[4].
  • epistolary literature is a type of literature[5].
  • epistolary literature's topic's main category is recorded as Q9151819[6].
  • epistolary literature's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[7].
  • epistolary literature's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • epistolary literature's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • epistolary literature's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • epistolary literature's different from is recorded as letter collection[11].

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Definition and Type

epistolary literature's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include literary work[4] and literature[5].

Why It Matters

epistolary literature draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #212 of 487).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q87327162. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q87327162. wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Tholzheim · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Factgrid item id Q1299209
    Instance of literary genre
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