Sentences with phrase «from novel experience»

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From those experiences he emerged to write the novel that became his greatest success: Infinite Jest.

Before the invention of the novel, verse provided the vehicle for throwing philosophical and theological truths into their enacted, experienced forms, which is why I've profited so much from medieval and Renaissance poems, especially those I've recommended, all of which are allied with the chanson de geste, tales of heroism and adventure that delight as much as they inform.

It would learn these things not principally from the «content» of the stories but from their «form»; whether a novel is, like O'Connor's, an experience of coming to belief within a recognizably Christian universe, or, like Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse - Five, an experience of deepening despair over the ways of the universe, it would see them both as parabolic stories.

Unlike that movie, Friends From College lacks any creative or novel insight into the experiences of complicated characters.

It did not, because, like neo-orthodoxy to which it was related, it was shy of experience and hostile to the Bultmannian call to construct a hermeneutical bridge from the Bible to the novel situation of our time.

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I was single for a long time and struggled with loneliness, but I learned from experience that I was far happier at home reading a novel than I was dating the wrong person.

This has to be learned from lots of firsthand experience with all kinds of people in all kinds of situations, as well as from novels and poetry, history and psychology, and again, of course, the Bible and theology.

The principle of the graduated «intensive relevance» of eternal objects to the primary physical data of experience expresses a real fact as to the preferential adaptation of selected eternal objects to novel occasions originating from an assigned environment.

It is clear, however — and confirmed through an examination of his Harvard lectures from this period (see below)-- that the «evolution» to which Whitehead refers here is not macroscopic biological or geological evolution, but the transition from the immediate past to the novel subjective experience of the immediate present.

An essential element of Hall's novel vision of the future is the idea that once technology has been fully established as a self - governing, self - sustaining system, a sort of «automatic rationality» with which we need no longer concern ourselves, we will be free to turn away from «actions over against nature,» to turn our attention «inward» to the sort of «actions» which enhance the aesthetic value of experience.

It is clear from the context, moreover, that Whitehead is concerned primarily with the «emergence of novel features in immediate occasions of experience, beyond that indicated by the constraints of the immediate past on such experience.

The eager traveler hurries forward to the new, to the novel, and, indeed, away from experience.

On stand, GPI will present a range of novel solutions that tap into consumer and market trends for artisan, authentic and sustainable packaging; key themes from 2016, that according to Mintel's Global Trend Report 2017, will continue to evolve and are increasingly essential to adding value to the consumer experience.

From cronuts to townies, traditional sweet treats are getting a modern makeover due to strong consumer interest in novel eating experiences.

Drawing insights from the behavior of other complex systems, the trio has created a novel simulator that can mimic the largest blackouts that a power grid is likely to experience.

The children receive novel, fun educational experiences from a nearby institution, presented by an experienced and enthusiastic scientist.

In T.H. White's fantasy novel The Once and Future King, Merlyn the magician suffers from a rare and incurable condition: He experiences time in reverse.

We've all had the experience of repeating a dramatic story so many times that the events seem dead, as if they came from a novel rather than real life.

«There are currently no drug therapies available that improve the very limited natural recovery from spinal cord injuries that patients experience,» said Lyn Jakeman, Ph.D., a program director at the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD. «This is a great step towards identifying a novel agent for helping people recover.»

When we live life as a story we deprive ourselves from experiencing life as novel.

I decided to capture some of them in writing and, from there and based loosely on my own experiences, my novel emerged.

Any way in the real world meeting a perfect match or matchmaking is by all means very much dependable on luck and perhaps a financial or social reach as is apparent from real life experiences and that highlighted by romantic novels.

As an adaptation, the movie is a massive success, thanks its fantastic cast and amazing production design, as well as Oscar ® - worthy make - up and costume designs, and while there are some omissions and alterations from the novel, it's nothing that will ruin the experience.

The pain that Deadpool experiences from his loss is so great that it ends up literally ripping him in half, and punishes his mutant body in more than a few novel, funny, and satisfyingly graphic ways.

(remix) music video by Danger Mouse and Jemini; deleted scenes and alternative takes, five in total, including an alternative ending (9 min) with a less subtle conversation between Richard and Mark, but a haunting final image of Richard with Anthony; images from Anjan Sarkars graphic novel animation matched to actual dialogue from the films soundtrack (the scene where Herbie first sees the elephant); In Shanes Shoes (24 min) documentary featuring the premiere at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival, interviews with Shane Meadows about run - ins with violent gangs in his youth, and on - location clowning; Northern Soul (26 min) also made by Meadows in 2004, and starring Toby Kebbell as an aspiring wrestler with no actual wrestling experience or talent - this comic short is as amateurish as its protagonist, and serves only to show how much better Dead Mans Shoes is.

Perhaps a bit too dry or sedate for a Saturday night sleepover sort of horror experience, The Invoking does benefit from at least two performances that are worth enjoying (Miller and Midili); a calm but welcome amount of attention paid to things like mood, tone, music, and atmosphere; and a plot that starts out as the epitome of predictable and gradually grows more novel as we move on.

«From Director Jim Loach and based on the novel by Robert Lipsyte, MEASURE OF A MAN follows a bullied teen, who experiences a turning...

His hallucinatory experiences formed the basis of a novel — which in turn spawned this singular Eighties head trip from connoisseur of the weird Ken Russell.

Snyder himself hosts an ongoing commentary - «The Ultimate Watchmen Experience» - featuring behind - the - scenes shots, a timeline covering the history of the Watchmen universe, remarks from the director himself and (best of all) a side - by - side comparison between shots in the film and frames from the graphic novel.

Fidelity to Fitzgerald's novel is never an issue, though the screenplay by Luhrmann and usual colloborator Craig Pearce adds an unnecessary framing device to further distance the viewer from the emotional experience at hand.

On the fortress wall there are signs declaring this adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel «The Price of Salt» an important love story, a shattering and beautiful experience, featuring Oscar - worthy performances from Blanchett and Rooney Mara, etc..

Based on the multi-million selling novel by Kate Mosse, LABYRINTH is a Ridley Scott & Tony Scott Production, featuring an all - star cast including; John Hurt (Harry Potter) as Audric, a specialist on Ancient Egypt; Vanessa Kirby (Great Expectations) as Alice, a modern - day fearless girl, who experiences dramatic flashbacks from the 13th Century; Jessica Brown Findlay (Misfits) as Alaïs, a 13th century courageous young woman, determined to protect the «secret» along with Tom Felton (Harry Potter) as Trencavel, a leader of the Carcassonne religion.

From visionary director Tim Burton, and based upon the best - selling novel, comes an unforgettable motion picture experience.

The film follows the legendary and secretive author through his life — from his rebellious youth to the the bloody front lines of World War II, experiencing great love and terrible loss, a life of rejection, his writing in the pages of The New Yorker, and the PTSD - fueled writer's block that led to the birth of his iconic novel The Catcher In The Rye.

From its opening sentence («We rode the hillsides and vales of Missouri, hiding in uniforms of Yankee blue») Woodrell's novel lures the reader into the first - person narration of a young Dutch Southerner destined to become the sort of «hardened youth» whose experience of war and death («we made trash of men and places») is such that when he comes upon two human heads sitting «ripe and pecked» on a pole, he simply notes that one year earlier this sight would have sickened him «beyond consolation».

Based on the novel by Michel Faber (The Crimson Petal and the White), Under The Skin examines human experience from the perspective of an unforgettable heroine who grows too comfortable in her borrowed skin, until she is abducted into humanity with devastating results.

Based on Kōbō Abe's novel of the same name, Woman in the Dunes is in one way the best, most insightful and evocative adaptation of T.S. Eliot's «The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock» there ever was, from Eliot's winsome protagonist looking to escape regret into experience to, literally, these lines about entomology as a metaphor for being seen clearly and judged wanting:

Following Shelley from age 16 on through to her relationship with Percy Bysshe Shelley (Douglas Booth), the film looks at how she drew on her own life experiences to help shape her novel of man's ego run amok.

Romantic dramas adapted from Nicholas Sparks novels are most appropriately experienced on a couch, under both a blanket and the influence of Nyquil.

White Oleander, based on the novel by Janet Fitch, details the hellish experiences of Astrid Magnussen as she moves from foster home to foster home after the incarceration of her mother.

It is clear from the Johnny Cash enveloped trailer that this will be a vastly different experience from Wayne's 1969 version — itself an adaptation by director Henry Hathaway of Charles Portis» ’68 novel.

Our mission is to create groundbreaking local / social multiplayer experiences driven by novel interfaces and new technologies on any platform from traditional console games to connected toys.

However, the game suffers from some design choices that bring down the overall experience, particularly the focus on a visual - novel style for telling the story, which itself tries hard to grasp attention of the player but fails to do so.

MISS PEREGRINE»S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN United States, 2016 Special Screening, 123 min Director - Tim Burton From visionary director Tim Burton, and based upon the best - selling novel, comes an unforgettable motion picture experience.

Featuring readings from his new novel A Legacy of Spies, and a rare question and answer session, this will be an unmissable opportunity to experience the author direct and in his own words.

If a clinician did not generalize from past cases to current patients, he or she would have to approach each case as totally novel and as though experience had no bearing on the treatment of the case.

The Model S, developed by Tesla from the ground up and assembled at its factory in Fremont, California, is a holistic and incredibly novel experience.

Jessica's work on my upcoming novel has been excellent, and I can speak from experience having worked as an editor myself.