Sentences with phrase «real literary work»

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Real Presencesby george steiner university of chicago press, 236 pages, $ 19.95 Of the major literary critics of our period there is, apart from Northrop Frye, but one other whose work requires us to reach toward such a term as «greatness,» and this is George Steiner.

Cognitive neuroscientist Vittorio Gallese of the University of Parma in Italy, who is also exploring how the brain responds to works of art, finds the new link between real and fictional worlds exciting, but is skeptical of the distinction between literary and mainstream fiction.

Sure, the flick is not perfect, but it does a good job of meshing real - life events and dark, literary works with the fictional narrative!

Calling upon her two only real resources — 25 years in the classroom and a determination to get kids to pay attention — Powell set about locating literary works that could be used to support her math curriculum.

How do literary agents who blog, tweet and carouse online find the time to do the real work of agenting: reading, hobnobbing with editors, reading some more and making great book deals for their clients?

It's a graceful literary work by the award - winning actress, composed of letters to the men in her life — some real, some hypothetical — who have somehow informed the person she is today.

Otherwise the response time on the project will be longer; the book might be submitted to the wrong person (often someone who doesn't even work there anymore); the editor will wonder what's wrong with the literary agent or the author since no one cared enough to make a real pitch; and, if you do get an offer, it will be smaller because it will probably be the only offer.

As acclaimed literary biographer Seymour carefully weaves the intricate fabric of Graves» passionate life, she identifies key inspirations — especially his vision of the goddess and his devotion to such real - life muses as Laura Riding — and offers fresh readings of his work.

Now, the author tries to turn it around and make the working author seem less of a real «author» or «artist» than the literary giants of our time.

Most of us relish Goodreads, and actively star each other's work, as Goodreads proves to be a more successful platform for honest consumer review than Amazon in some ways — less glitchy than the strange process used by Amazon's over-zealous non-bookish reviewers in that it tends to attract real bookworms with literary brains.

On Ms. Phelan's page, it talks about what work she is accepting (YA and MG, literary adult fiction, etc.) and goes on to say «I am looking for complex fiction that pulls you in immediately, characters that you wish were your real friends and plot lines that drag you away from reality to a world you never want to leave.

All of Cooke's subjects stem from real life — his autobiography, live models or photographic and literary sources — but metamorphose away from these everyday referents as they become realized in paint and enmeshed in the landscape of the work.

As a writer, an aspiring writer, a writer who should have produced far more by now work than he has, a writer who has read some literary theory, some how - to literature, joined some online writing communities and attended some real world writing classes, this thread probably contains the most useful and down to earth advise I have ever seen.

With reference to my current project of retelling the story of the 2008 match in a real - time literary narrative — I ask whether critical artistic practice is currently the best way to represent and interrogate the diversity of violent ideologies at work in the language of football culture.

The episodic works deal with the observed world, sometimes humorously giving shape to a real - life vignette, at others deriving images from literary classics.

Writer — Duties & Responsibilities Published novelist, screenwriter, poet, and nationally recognized political blogger Fluent in Greek, conversant in Spanish, and proficient in Latin Authored Kennedy's Children an analysis of JFK's legacy and its impact on the grooming of Democratic leaders Authored Apocalypse a work of historical fiction set in Washington, D.C. during the Reagan administration Authored Endymion a literary story integrating three Shakespearean plays and mythology into a modern setting Created and wrote Republicus a political blog with a conservative point of view Authored a book of short stories as well as a book of poems Adapted Iliad and The Odyssey into screenplays Served in a variety of administrative support functions in academic settings Oversaw data entry, phones, shipping / receiving, customer services, and other administrative tasks as needed Manage multiple real estate properties ensuring profitable operations Responsible for renovations, accounting, tenant recruitment, and contract negotiation Performed all duties with positivity, integrity, and professionalism