Talk:Arts and letters

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History

The history of this term extends much further back than the article suggests, and the idea did not originate in English. I haven't had time to expand the section, and hope others will jump in. My strong impression is that the term comes from Latin or Greek. It has a parallel history in French as arts et lettres. — ℜob C. alias ÀLAROB 16:59, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Skeptical

The section "As a discipline" contains language that reads like a parody of academic jargon. The only source cited is an article from 1967. "The following section, "As an institution," makes a dubious claim that institutions of "arts and letters" originated in the United States.

Much of the rest of the article similarly suffers from passive voice, sweeping claims that are somewhat argumentative, and sparse referencing. Could this be an attempted hoax? Is somebody fooling with a LLM? — ℜob C. alias ALAROB 16:13, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]