Sentences with phrase «literary phenomenon»
The numbers are always touted when talking about such literary phenomena.
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The Week gave special mention to dinosaur erotica in its «Unexpected Trends of 2013» list, calling it «the strangest literary phenomenon of the year, and possibly ever.»
Sue Monk Kidd's first novel, The Secret Life of Bees (2002), became a genuine literary phenomenon, selling more than six million copies in the United States and remaining on The New York Times bestseller list for more than two years.
Upon these four books as literary phenomena the priesthood of exilic and postexilic Judaism has exercised the final, formative influence.
The latest literary phenomena to cause mall riots and unfortunate cat names, The Hunger Games is one of the more «WTF?»
She later adapted much of the material from the book for her fictional Little House series, which became a beloved literary phenomenon.
Twitter fiction is a fantastic literary phenomenon.
It suggests that the fair use defense is being ignored by Ms. Rowling and Warner Brothers, and that publishers are just saying no to what would otherwise be an entirely legal response to one of the major literary phenomenon of the age, and one that could only foster an interest not only in this literary work, but the value and pleasure of scholarly inquiry.
Sue Monk Kidd's first novel, The Secret Life of Bees (2002), became a genuine literary phenomenon, selling more than six million copies in the United States and remaining on The New York Times bestseller list for more than... (more)
In this regard, the novel resembles another literary phenomenon of our times, the Left Behind series, which rests on the thrill of decoding the Bible by way of dispensational theology.
The literary phenomenon of «deconstruction» is regarded by many as an irresponsible fad that has now become passé.
Now, the literary phenomenon is coming to the big screen.
The line isn't exactly «Call me Ishmael» or «Happy families are all alike», but this first line of what was published in 1937 as a children's book began what has proved to be a literary phenomenon, an alternative religion, an endless invitation to exegesis and a major industry that has led to an immensely successful trilogy of books and films about life in Middle - earth.
Paul Dano plays Calvin, a young writer who became a literary phenomenon by writing the great American novel when he was only nineteen.
When the 50 Shades of Grey series hit bookstores earlier this year, the average person had no idea it would be the 2012 literary phenomenon.