Sentences with phrase «great literary»

If your last book was 50 Shades of Grey or Harry Potter, then have a different book in mind — one that lets you talk about a great literary story or a non-fiction topic.

That is why, in no frivolous spirit, Hughes recommends that prospective family lawyers widen their horizons not least through reading the «great literary classics about adultery» such as Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

Orlov is one of the great literary stylists of his generation as well as one of the leading intellectuals.

For me, he is an essayist above all else, and the essay has arguably become the great literary form of our time.

Keats House, meanwhile — which takes its names from the English Romantic poet who formerly lived there — will present an exhibition that ties together the writing of these two great literary heroes.

This will be one of the first time a studio, Visceral Games in this case, will take on the task of mixing a videogame with one of the great literary works in human history.

Located in the River Wing, these suites are tributes to some of the great literary figures that have stayed with us.

As part of the 2016 literary events to celebrate Beatrix Potter's 150th anniversary, specialist walking and cycling tour operator, Headwater, is delighted to introduce a BRAND NEW hand - crafted, 6 - night, self - guided walk which follows in the footsteps of the great literary legends and explores the very best of the South Lakes National Park.

We're dedicated to enhancing the prospects of getting great literary, New Age and SF / F books into the hands of readers.

At the From the Front Row blog we bring you news literally from the Front Row - were you at a great literary event?

And I clearly didn't have it because I was taking a class from Raymond Carver, who's a great literary master, and I wasn't able to do what he did.

Ranging from elementary, middle, and high to tertiary learning institutions, students are expected to produce great literary pieces and the good part of this expectation is that, most of the times they will be required to write on what they have been taught.

Publishing in Europe has a long and storied history, for hundreds of years many companies have been in business producing some of the great literary works.

Much like the great literary journalists of our time had a signature style and a signature voice, comics create these very visually branded pieces that allow readers to immediately get a sense for what the emotional content is and what sort of factual content they can draw from it, and they engage with it on a much deeper level.

And it clearly is an art, for a great literary biography (Atlas singles out Richard Holmes» Shelley: The Pursuit) can, and ideally should, sing with the narrative resonance of the great novels or poems that its subject produced.

Inkubate, a new approach to the slush pile, is a website that will give authors an access portal to upload any or all of their manuscripts for free with the knowledge that agents and publishers will be scouring the site's files looking for great literary content; for a fee, that is, as the agents and publishers will be charged a subscription fee to be allowed to peruse the manuscripts.

When it comes to great literary events, few festivals in the country are as grand.

He also perpetrated one of the great literary hoaxes, placing fake newspaper ads seeking Irving's fictitious Dutch historian, Diedrich Knickerbocker, and threatening to publish his left - behind manuscript to cover unpaid bills!

In many ways, the stellar quality of the site's content speaks to Nashville as a great literary city.

- Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder «Emma Donoghue is one of the great literary ventriloquists of our time.

Great literary hoaxes existed long before ebooks were born, but this situation makes self - published authors as a whole look bad, a fact that critics are happy to point out.

- Jerusalem Post «An amazing feat... A great literary and intellectual mystery... you feel as if you're sifting through these letters yourself... a very immersive summer read.»

Just in time for spring commencement comes a great literary gift idea, a book that might be classified as an anthology of epiphanies.

The best flash fiction lingers in the mind long after the story has been read — the way of all great literary works of art.

The CLMP Firecracker Awards for independently published and self - published literature seek to celebrate and promote great literary works from independent literary publishers and self - published authors.

That doesn't mean great literary writers aren't self - publishing.

Brilliantly inventive and stunningly ambitious, this novel is a revealing modern epic that will secure Marlon James» place among the great literary talents of his generation.

Scroll below to find out how you can write a great literary agent query letter.

This series has more than 170 interviews so far with reps from great literary agencies.

By the 1920s, repertoires were increasingly based on great literary works like Shakespeare's King Lear, Ibsen's Hedda Gabler or Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

I don't know where McAvoy will fit in to the canon of great literary heroes.

Of course the great literary legend is no longer with us (he died in November 2007), but his house has been transformed into The Norman Mailer Writers Colony.

HIGH - DEMAND BACKSTORY: Simpson is a great literary favorite, and this winning novel will be supported by a cross-country author tour and plenty of publicity.

Putting aside the literary merit of this particular book, the question is really whether this is a good use of finite resources, when that money could be used to expose patrons to far larger pools of great literary content.

We are proud to play a part in ensuring that Canada has both a great literary past and a stellar literary future,» says Tamblyn.

John Green is a talented author, even if he is overly fond of similes, metaphors and quoting from great literary minds.

After reviewing Marni's material, it was clear that she had everything needed to get a good literary agent, but not necessarily a great literary agent and a great book deal.

I try to reach the needs of individual students, so everyone walks away with the job of reading the great literary works.»

And aside from the misfortune of missing out on a great literary experience, this phenomenon has linguistic and academic implications that can negatively affect students» academic growth throughout their entire academic careers.

In English, there should also be great literary non-fiction, so students can uncover the meaning and understand the author's perspective.

Curiously, Watchmen is so very much a translation of the graphic novel to film adaptation that it to say it is a work of art would be akin to calling an abridged audio book reading of a great literary work the same.

Anyone who sees this drivel as some great literary or movie achievement needs to have their heads checked and reproductive rights rescinded.

This dog's - eye view of its owner, the world and the canine afterlife is told with great literary flair

It's known for its great literary connections, prehistoric landmarks and spectacular natural beauty.

As do many great literary works, this book owes its existence to an editor who had a profound influence on a writer.

Christopher M Bell in Churchill and the Dardanelles (OUP) uses original sources to examine Churchill's role and then his great literary struggle post-war to justify his actions.

The Wind in the Willows because it is so very English and contains one of the great literary «monsters» in the magnifi cent Mr Toad.

Are you named after a great literary character yourself?

Bewer thinks that probably «Israel's first great literary production in prose was... the Story of the Founding of the Kingdom.

It is one of the world's great literary documents.