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A '''jeremiad''' is a long [[literature|literary]] work, in either poetry or prose, in which there is a lament over degeneracy. Sometimes it denounces a [[society]] for its wickedness. <ref>{{Nuttall|Jeremiad}}</ref>  It is named for the Biblical book of ''Jeremiah'', and some prominent examples are [[Frederick Douglass]]' ''A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave'', wherein amidst the author's personal story he intersperses emotional and rational attacks upon the institution of slavery, and [[Sam Harris]]' ''Letter to a Christian Nation.''
 
A '''jeremiad''' is a long [[literature|literary]] work, in either poetry or prose, in which there is a lament over degeneracy. Sometimes it denounces a [[society]] for its wickedness. <ref>{{Nuttall|Jeremiad}}</ref>  It is named for the Biblical book of ''Jeremiah'', and some prominent examples are [[Frederick Douglass]]' ''A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave'', wherein amidst the author's personal story he intersperses emotional and rational attacks upon the institution of slavery, and [[Sam Harris]]' ''Letter to a Christian Nation.''
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
    
*[[Love's Labour's Lost]]
 
*[[Love's Labour's Lost]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
 
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[[Category:Literature]]
 
[[Category:Literature]]
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