Sentences with phrase «prose narrative»

The word «novella» is derived from the feminine derivative of the Italian word «new» and the reference source, wikipedia.org, defines «novella» as «a written fictional prose narrative normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel».

Collaborative efforts to restore a portion of the native tall - grass prairie in Iowa are detailed in a distinguished prose narrative and glorious full - color photographs.

What of the relationship between the long poem and the preceding prose narrative» If one is in some significant sense dependent upon the other, priority lies with the poem.

There is prose narrative, both historical and fictitious; there are legal codes; there are proverbs and moral maxims; there is even personal correspondence.

In the collection there is found included a great variety of literary forms, prose narratives, fables, fairy tales, much poetry of various sorts, a good deal of ballad form, reported sayings on many subjects, and fragments of epics.

Not exact matches

From a personal standpoint, poetry has a way of making me remember life's beauty, something mere prose or narrative storytelling can not do with the same grace.

The prose is graceful, the narrative intriguing, the polemic compelling.

thinks, that the Tigris and the Euphrates have not a common source, that the Dead Sea had been in existence long before human beings came to live in Palestine, instead of originating in historical times, and so on... We are able to comprehend this as the naive conception of the men of old, but we can not regard belief in the literal truth of such accounts as an essential of religious conviction... And every one who perceives the peculiar poetic charm of these old legends must feel irritated by the barbarian — for there are pious barbarians — who thinks he is putting the true value upon these narratives only when he treats them as prose and history.

Consequently, the poetry that so often lurks just beneath the prose of the narrative (and often the law as well) can once again be heard, a process enormously aided by Fox's disregard of the late verse divisions and his replacement of them with colons that better reflect the rhythms of the Hebrew itself.

But folded into her narrative are small prose - hymns to Oxford, «an old - fashioned city, with inconvenient buildings and narrow streets...; but her foundations were set upon the holy hills and her spires touched heaven.»

The glory of Old Testament prose, however, is the superb narratives that make up the major hulk of the books from Genesis to Second Kings.

The stories and prose read like a narrative, but the book is quite informational as it explains what has happened to the Bible in modern America.

That initial work on narrative prose was greeted, at the time, as a breath of fresh air in what many considered a stuffy environment.

And as is true of all classical Hebrew prose, it is a narrative spun with consummately skillful economy and simplicity.

Female slave narratives, folk tales, and some contemporary black poetry and prose reflect this tradition.

Abandoning the standard chapter and verse divisions, he sets out J's narrative in continuous prose, redividing it into 178 paragraphs according to what he takes to be the natural breaks in the story.

This happened once before when Willa Cather's exacting prose (on heartbreaking / beautiful narratives of life on the prairie) was entirely underrated and overshadowed by her male contemporaries!!

In reality it's a deceptively complex piece of storytelling, one that takes a straightforward and compelling narrative and finds visual ways to translate Northup's irony - laced prose so that we're in the moment with him as he experiences the frontline reality of an institution he's been opposed to, but distanced from, all his life.

But dissected in the narrative lab of Patricia Highsmith's prose and processed by the poetic eye of filmmaker Todd Haynes, lesbian melodrama never looked so classy, or so emotionally accurate.

As Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Cumberbatch is excellent as always, making even the most awkward of prose presentable within the context of the narrative.

Ishiguro's book was an unconvincing blend of repressed romance and speculative fiction, with superficial too - polite prose and a clunky approach to narrative secrecy that wouldn't fool the gang on Scooby - Doo.

The time limit adds a sensible narrative purpose for replays, constantly urging you to hurry along while the well - written prose tempts you away from that goal with its seemingly limitless possibilities for discovery.

Read and understand poetry, prose and drama in their social, cultural and historical contexts, interpreting and exploring writers» use of narrative and literary methods.

With powerful prose and poetry, his narrative as student and then later, NYC teacher leader, loving father (and husband), and advocate for children paints a portrait of what public education can and must be for American society.

In this session, learn how to take real life and transform it into gripping narrative, compelling characters, and tight prose.

Uncompromising literary fiction often contains prose that are more concerned with being stylish and flowery, thereby torturing the narrative and losing the reader in the poetics.

Through shimmering prose and a pointedly intimate narrative, Rothman - Zecher has written a powerful, passionate but even - handed criticism of the ultimately futile Israeli - Palestinian conflict where both sides only stand to lose.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, given Woodson's background not only as a novelist but also as a poet, Another Brooklyn is told in spare, lyrical prose, with a surface simplicity that belies its underlying narrative strength and emotional heft.

With exquisite prose, Sepetys shapes a haunting narrative that won't soon be forgotten.

Those familiar with Boylan's bestselling memoir She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders will be unsurprised by the dark humor and beautiful prose that drive the narrative.

Immersive reading — the exercise of deep reading that is dominated by narrative prose and requires a significant investment of time and concentration — poses a difficult challenge in the digital environment.

missing page breaks and important spacing between paragraphs (e.g. the distinction between a paragraph break and a line space is very important in narrative prose)

- Publishers Weekly «A work more narrative than reflective, but Naipaul's prose remains smooth, subtle, often silvery.»

The following YA titles muddy the distinction between graphic and prose novels in varied ways, sometimes by integrating a separate story line only in illustrations, others by punctuating a narrative with a character's imaginative doodles, and still others by weaving expressive illustrations through the text that enhance the emotional weight of the story.

Flash Fiction, Historical, Humor, Micro-poetry, Nature / Environmental, Prose Poetry, Regional, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Translation

If you are happy with the plot, the characters, prose and narrative - genuinely proud of your work - then you're one step closer to having a finished product and a «good book».

The first formal collection of short stories using narrative prose was published in around 1810 although numerous individual short stories had begun being published in the last years of the eighteenth century.

There are other examples such as The Canterbury Tales which pre-date this, but they are part of a separate tradition and are not narrative prose so discussion of those is best left for a fuller conversation on the history of story telling.

Written as a double narrative, Krester's hefty tome is ambitious in both scope and style; at times the passages are wry and beautifully rendered and at others they fall flat in a torrent of florid prose.

Freedman's customary graceful prose, eye for the telling detail, and clear narrative arc are all here as he describes the winter Washington's troops spent at Valley Forge.

The Pulitzer Prize - winning author — «an immensely gifted writer and a magical prose stylist» (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times)-- offers his first major work of nonfiction, an autobiographical narrative as inventive, beautiful, and powerful as his acclaimed, award - winning fiction.

With its kaleidoscopic array of literary forms, from interior dialogues to infographics to prose passages that read like poetry, Young's narrative powerfully mirrors the multifaceted nature of his experience.

If your favorite part of We Were Liars was Lockhart's narrative acrobatics and tender, poetic prose, check out Printz Honor - winning author A.S. King, who deftly toes the line of magical realism.

I spent six years writing The Incarnations and in the process of drafting and re-drafting the book I probably learned myriad technical things about characterization, plotting and structuring multiple narratives, and crafting prose.

A well written first novel, told in very matter of fact prose, in somewhat of a different narrative style.

With exquisite prose, Sepetys plumbs the depths of her quartet of characters, bringing each to the breaking point and back, shaping a narrative that is as much about the intricacies of human nature as it is about a historical catastrophe.

Biss» research is far reaching, and she has an amazing talent for synthesizing what she's read and turning it into seamless prose, the kind of narrative nonfiction that makes for compelling, intriguing listening.

This critique consists of an overall review of your manuscript or non-fiction proposal to assess the general editorial and marketing weaknesses (and strengths) in the material: the eloquence, precision, and mastery of the language and descriptive prose; the freshness and resonance of the narrative voice; the general interest level of the non-fiction topic (or the presence of tension and drama in the narrative arc of the novel or memoir); and the real chances of the book, as is, to reach a targeted readership and book - buying market.

At the very most, the experience will generate new ideas to take your narrative, argument, and prose to another level.

After I have done an initial overall marketing / editorial assessment and developmental edit of a manuscript or proposal, a writer may choose to work with me further in a very close one - on - one mentoring relationship in which I would guide him or her in rewriting and re-envisioning the original material — chapter by chapter — in a new manuscript, to make the narrative voice more resonant; the descriptive prose more powerful and, in general, to increase the book's overall quality, marketing viability, sales potential.