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== Modern use == In modern use, a masterpiece is a creation in any area of [[the arts]] that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or to a work of outstanding creativity, skill, profundity, or workmanship. For example, the novel ''[[David Copperfield]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]] is generally considered a literary masterpiece.<ref>{{cite book |last=Forster |first=John |title=Life of Charles Dickens |location=London |publisher=Everyman's Library |year=1976 |page=[https://archive.org/details/lifeofcharlesdic00john/page/6 6] |chapter=VII |isbn=0460007823 |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/lifeofcharlesdic00john |url=https://archive.org/details/lifeofcharlesdic00john/page/6 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/jforster/bl-jforster-cdickens-6.htm |work=Classic Literature |title=John Forster, The Life of Charles Dickens |access-date=26 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Sylvère |last=Monod |title=Dickens the Novelist |url=https://archive.org/details/lish00sylv |url-access=registration |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |year=1968 |isbn=978-0806107684}}</ref> The term is often used loosely, and some critics, such as Edward Douglas of ''The Tracking Board'', feel it is overused in describing recent films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tracking-board.com/can-we-please-stop-overusing-the-word-masterpiece-opinion/|title=Can We Please Stop Overusing the Word "Masterpiece"? (Opinion)|date=February 17, 2018}}</ref>
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