Metaliterature (noun)
met-a-lit-er-i-cher
The discussion in any piece of writing of other texts; (Literary Criticism) any literary text which takes the nature of literature as its object; such texts collectively.
1960s; earliest use found in Journal of Politics. From meta- + literature, perhaps after French métalittérature.
Example sentences
“He was thinking of setting up a metaliterature group as opposed to your bog standard book club.”
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