Plural of booklore; multiple bodies or types of knowledge derived from books; the study of books and their traditions.
Plural form of 'booklore' (book + lore). The plural indicates different traditions, bodies of knowledge, or scholarly fields each associated with their respective literatures.
The fact that different fields have their own 'booklores'—legal booklore, medical booklore, literary booklore—shows how books don't just contain information, they create entire subcultures with their own traditions.
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