What does this phrase mean?

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<p>I’m from a non-english-speaking country, so I can’t understand what the author means when he says "Literature with a capital ‘L’ "</p>

<p>And are there any other words can follow this partern?
" Xxxxxx with a capital ‘X’"</p>

<p>Thanks for any help you can offer.</p>

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<p>I did a simple Google search and found that ‘Literature’ refers to the type of reading that you do in English classes, involving a lot of analysis and careful reading. ‘literature’ with a lower case ‘l’ refers to reading for fun. You would capitalize the first letter of a word sometimes to add more importance or emphasis to the word.</p>

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<p>"Literature with a capital ‘L’ " basically refers to the in-depth, boring work of high school English classes. "literature with a lower-case ‘l’ " is just reading without any of the giant analysis questions/essays of English class.</p>

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<p>This is a phrase from the play, The Music man. It’s a play from the 1950’s about a conman who tries to complicate life in small town USA. The song has a line, *"You got trouble in River City. Trouble. That starts with T and rhymes with P and stands for pool.<a href=“The%20con%20man%20tries%20to%20get%20the%20kids%20to%20play%20pool.”>/i</a> Best, listen to the song. See synopsis:

and Lyrics:

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<p>But, then again, maybe this line just wants the reader to put greater importance to the reading process by describing this as “Literature with a capital L.”</p>