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Etymology
From (with k > c via palatalization), with  from.

Noun

 * 1) literature creative work as a form of art, registered in written form; corpus of creative literary and folkloric texts that belong to a certain culture or people
 * 2) literature the work of a literary writer
 * 1) literature the work of a literary writer
 * 1) literature the work of a literary writer

Usage notes
refers more directly to the writer's craft, i.e. literary work, as well as to the results of this work, while is more appropriately used for literature or fiction as a form of creative art. As for, it can have the broader sense of "body of texts", even non-artistic ones ("technical literature", "juridical literature", etc.).