Sentences with phrase «literary scene of»

Southern California artists John Baldessari (’58 MFA), Robert Irwin (’50 BFA), and Kelly Akashi (’06 BFA) are included in the exhibition, which will feature 34 artists and 84 authors from the region's art and literary scene of the last 50 years.

Rather, it's an incisively observed portrait of the deterioration of a short - term relationship, and secondarily of the status - obsessed literary scene of Brooklyn.

Peter Huff's Allen Tate and the Catholic Revival reveals that the American literary scene of the 1950s was in no way prime real estate for a flourishing of Catholic letters.

Not exact matches

Whereas the mid-twentieth century literary scene was packed with Catholics (Flannery O'Connor, Katherine Anne Porter, Walker Percy, Jack Kerouac, Donald Westlake, Allen Tate, Robert Fitzgerald, Claude McKay, Claire Boothe Luce, Robert Giroux, Hugh Kenner), Gioia noted, today's «aggressively secular literary culture» allows for only a few of them (Alice McDermott, Tobias Wolff, Richard Rodriguez).

As a youngster he broke into London's literary scene seemingly out of nowhere, filled with wit, jokes and paradoxes.

More's activism grew out of her increasing weariness with literary stardom and with the London scene altogether.

Nonetheless it is remarkable to find these ancient authors employing all the modern devices of the literary craftsman, surprise and suspense, rapidity and delay, humor and solemnity, vividness, realism, untempered callousness, dramatic shift of scene — all permeated with their feeling for what is intrinsically interesting, what makes a good story.

However, the literary form of this paragraph is the judgment scene similar to visions of the final judgment found in both the Old Testament and intertestamental Jewish literature.

With the growing literary scene in Queens, we expect an especially rich group of talented applicants this year.»

Europe About Blog Independent European network of literary activists for mutual and interactive exchange and cooperation among the contemporary literary scenes across Europe.

Sebastian Junger burst onto the literary scene in 1997 with «The Perfect Storm,» his riveting nonfiction account of the loss of a fishing vessel and its crew from Gloucester, Mass., which was adapted for a 2000 film starring George Clooney and Mark...

Between the heavy voiceover narration, the multiple literary lectures (Scott Speedman turns up as the teacher who provides the allusions), and the stilted scenes of Bolger and her friends hanging out, the film plays like TV - movie gothic, plodding along to the expected revelations and bloodlettings.

The drama looks at the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in 1980s New York: the rise of the luxury Trump - era universe, the downtown social and literary scene and the ball culture world.

Set in 1980s New York, Pose looks at the concurrent rise of Trump - era downtown social and literary scene and ball culture worlds.

Set in 1986, the series takes on the rise of Donald Trump - style superwealth, the denizens of downtown (including the literary scene) and the underground LGBT subculture known as ball culture.

Co-created by Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals, Pose explores the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in 1987 New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump - era universe and the downtown social and literary scene.

There's always an undercutting humour so we don't take this tale of malformed children (a callously glib McGuffin) too seriously: as in the scene in which western - writer Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), the naive, philistine vehicle for Greene's anti-Americanism, gets dragooned into talking to a British Council literary meeting, a direct crib from The Thirty - Nine Steps.

However you consume them, the behind - the - scenes stories, from John Barry's intentions (he said he thought of it as a love story) to Martin Amis's motivation for taking the script - writing job (apparently he was a sci - fi buff before becoming a novelist famous for literary social satire) to Kirk Douglas's behaviour on set (Amis later said that Douglas «wanted to be naked,» and very much wanted Fawcett to be naked with him), are delicious.

McAvoy and Fassbender, two smart, elegant heartthrobs who are usually more at home in a very different kind of literary adaptation, bring a frisson of intimacy to their scenes together.

The characters speak a corn - pone argot that's too self - consciously literary, and many of the scenes, such as the ones between Tyrone and the white, racist sheriff (Stacy Keach), are familiar.

Unfortunately, Bigelow's literary muse, Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) has delivered a screenplay that falls short of his usual high standards, as moments of Bigelow-esque brilliance are dulled by overdrawn scenes that become repetitive and tiresome.

Pose ** (FX) Evan Peters, Kate Mara, and James Van Der Beek star in Ryan Murphy's next big project, a game - changing,»80s - themed dance musical, about «the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in 1980s New York: the rise of the luxury Trump - era universe, the downtown social and literary scene and the ball culture world.»

Promising a moving tale of friendship and mentorship in the 1920s New York literary scene, it also comes from the pen of «Gladiator» and «Skyfall» screenwriter John Logan, so we're justified in hoping for something bolder than the average period biopic.

That scene simply screams Bava; with its use of in - camera effects, miniatures and glass plate trickery, Coppola made his grand baroque literary adaptation in the spirit of the Italian maestro.

Plus, the book offers plenty of unique charms, comparisons of scenes to their literary equivalent, discussion of the film's different incomplete edits, a fold - out timeline, and updated cast / crew bios and credits.

* 4 POWERPOINTS * 18 READING / ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels) * 86 VIEWING QUESTIONS * 62 VIEWING / READING / LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS * 14 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work) Credits and Opening Montage, Film Techniques, Brainstorming and Making Connections, Juxtaposition of Scenes, Connecting Allusions to Theme, Paintings and Significance, Symbols, TV Repairman, Significance of Name and Titles, Mural, Music * 4 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS * 2 FIVE - PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS * 1 AP STYLE PROMPT * 1 AP STYLE PASSAGE TEST (analysis / application of skills) * EXAMPLE LITERARY ESSAY ANALYSIS

It follows this learning journey: - Defining the key term «tone» and establishing its importance as a literary technique; - Understanding how tone is used to depict mood and attitude across a range of fiction; - Reading and interpreting Act 3 Scene 4, and establishing how Macbeth's tone alters throughout; - Reflecting upon why this may / what effect this may have had on audiences at the time; - Summarising the events of the scene; - Analysing Shakespeare's intentions in sharply altering Macbeth's tone throughout; - Peer / self evaluating the learning in the leScene 4, and establishing how Macbeth's tone alters throughout; - Reflecting upon why this may / what effect this may have had on audiences at the time; - Summarising the events of the scene; - Analysing Shakespeare's intentions in sharply altering Macbeth's tone throughout; - Peer / self evaluating the learning in the lescene; - Analysing Shakespeare's intentions in sharply altering Macbeth's tone throughout; - Peer / self evaluating the learning in the lesson.

Headlines in the newspapers followed, yet the scene was still going strong a year later when David Barry's «Thunder Road» appeared in the July 1978 issue of New West, a literary magazine.

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Before I launch into the dangers of literary agents new to the publishing scene, I should say that most book agents (including new literary agents) are skillful and trustworthy.

Since the first Harry Potter book burst onto the literary scene more than a decade ago, there's been an explosion of fantasy literature for young people.

It may sound like the title of a whodunnit, but this podcast carries author interviews, behind - the - scenes information, and master classes from the literary scene in Hong Kong.

A hauntingly beautiful, wickedly funny and devastatingly moving novel of innocence and dreams that announces the arrival of a major new talent to the literary scene

Literary - Focused) Each chapter of this sensational, reality - based literary series depicts a behind - the - scene episode of 14 remarkable authors who have mastered publishing and entrepreneurship.

So you've heard whispers that an author website is an essential piece of any author's platform, but you're new to the literary scene and are feeling hesitant about getting one.

Each year we put together collections of books that reflect the current topics in the German literary scene.

Media communication To raise the Russian audience's awareness of the German publishing industry and literary scene we are cooperating with the Russian professional journal «Book Industry» and the consumer magazine «Reading together».

Derek has become well known across the UK literary scene and beyond for his work on the Mostly Lit podcast and will play a key role in marketing campaigns across the full Penguin Random House audiobook list as part of the UK's only in - house audiobook marketing unit.

Alan Deutschman — husband to Susan Rebecca White — calls Atlanta «the most vibrant new literary scene outside of Brooklyn» and praises the authors» fearless writing «about the region's troubled legacies of race, class, gender, and sexuality.»

But then there was a quieter spell, a time of especially intense corruption and dictatorship, when Sani Abacha was in power, and the literary scene seemed to fade.

And they're now turning Atlanta into the most vibrant new literary scene outside of Brooklyn.

Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty - six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize - winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland.

On his writers tour of Portland, Maine, award - winning author Ron Currie Jr. sets out to «dispel the persistent notion that Maine is intellectually DOA» by showcasing the city's thriving literary scene.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the literary scene with her remarkable debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, which critics hailed as «one of the best novels to come out of Africa in years» (Baltimore Sun), with «prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes» (The Boston Globe); The Washington Post called her «the twenty - first - century daughter of Chinua Achebe.»

Among the many who moved to the City of Light were F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda, and Ernest Hemingway whose mentor, Gertrude Stein, was a permanent fixture on the expat literary scene.

Add to that the low barrier of entry into the world of writing, and you have the wonderful situation where more people can chase their literary dreams of being an author than in many other «indie» scenes.

To see why, writers need to understand the literary scene and the economics of publishing.

The house is run by, John Oakes and Colin Robinson, two veterans of New York's independent literary scene.

Geller is sounding the alarm as one of the most easily recognized and widely regarded literary agents on the London scene today.

In October of 2007, Carnal Desires Publishing, a subsidiary of Double Dragon Publishing, Inc., will offer works of literary erotica targeting mature, sophisticated, uninhibited readers who frankly enjoy character - driven erotic romance novels featuring explicit sensual scenes.