10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOWDINESS»
Discover the use of
dowdiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
dowdiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rossiya: Voices From the Brezhnev Era
My father believed himself able to spot a fellow countryman out of a crowd by the
dowdiness peculiar to Russians. He took pride in dressing with seeming uncon-
cern “like a Russian.” To him, as to me, it signified sincerity. My own dowdiness ...
2
A Woman of No Importance
Memory in a woman is the beginning of dowdiness. One can always tell from a
woman's bonnet whether she has got a memory or not. LADY HUNSTANTON :
How charming you are, dear Lord Illingworth. You always find out that one's most
...
There was nothing of the dowdiness of the lone, lorn woman about her ; none of
that lanky, washed-out appearance which sorrow and trouble so often give to
females. Had she given way to dowdiness, or suffered herself to be, as it were, ...
4
The Hermit and the Wild Woman & Other Stories - Tales by ...
... at Wentworth; but her dowdiness (Margaret borrowed a literary analogy to
define it), her dowdiness was somehow “of the centre.” Like the insignificant
emissary of a great power, she was to be judged rather by her passports than her
person.
5
Battle for Britain: Citizenship and Ideology in the Second ...
Some middle-class women, to judge by autobiographical evidence, embraced
with delight the enforced dowdiness of the wartime years and were all too happy
to abandon the conventional standards previously expected of women in the ...
Mary Evans, David Morgan, 2002
Had she given wayto dowdiness, or suffered herself to be,as it were, washed out,
Mr. Furnival, we maysay, would not havebeen theretomeet her;of which factLady
Mason wasperhaps aware. "I am so grateful to you for this trouble," she.
7
Dispensing Beauty in New York & Beyond: The Triumphs and ...
... one would be the hygienic method and the other the cosmetic branch, which
may include plastic surgery.400 Chapter three, “The Sin of Dowdiness,” asserts
that dowdiness is not only a matter of beauty but also of dress and personal care.
8
Makeover TV: Selfhood, Citizenship, and Celebrity
Turning dowdiness, fat, or clutter into a pathology allows for what I see as three
potential viewer responses. The first, “affirmation by contrast,” enables viewers to
see extremes that, in comparison to their own mildly cluttered homes or ...
9
Wharton's New England: Seven Stories and Ethan Frome
... her shabby heterogeneous dress, she was as dowdy as any Professor's wife at
Went/worth; but her dowdiness (Margaret borrowed a literary analogy to define it)
, her dowdiness was somehow "of the center." Like the insignificant emissary of ...
Edith Wharton, Barbara Anne White, 1995
The vintage finery of these untimely relics was equally recognizable for its
dowdiness, in seeming adamant defiance of all intervening fashions and vogues
between a nebulous then and now. This time warp could appear truly astounding
.
Edmund Robert Kowkabany, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOWDINESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
dowdiness is used in the context of the following news items.
Dowdy is just a state of mind
Weirder still, he takes her dowdiness very personally. As though she is being dowdy ON PURPOSE. "Maybe a female or gay male therapist ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
OPINION: Fine line between off-line and online marketing
In response to perceptions of dowdiness, middle-of-the-roadness and overpricing, the advert was sassy, fun and confident. Post-campaign ... «Siliconrepublic.com, Jun 15»
Manhattan's Dining Center of Gravity Shifts Downtown
... Nast are wandering north to bring fresh chatter to the tables at the Odeon, the 35-year-old TriBeCa bistro that had flirted with dowdiness since ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
In Praise of Dowdiness
Like every neurotic patient, I've wondered what my shrink really thinks about me. Does he find me shallow? Boring? Self-absorbed? Cruel? «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»
Therapist Blames Woman's Sad Love Life on Her Looks & He's Right
"Male Therapist Coins New Mental Illness: Dowdiness" is how New York Magazine mockingly put it. What a clueless ape! Yeah! Clueless ape. But also: He's ... «The Stir, Jun 15»
Man-Made: Why So Few Women Are in Positions of Power by Eva …
How depressing to be reminded of the many pitfalls that still exist from the subtle and not-so-subtle pressures around dress (“avoid dowdiness, ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Male Psychiatrist Discovers New Mental Illness: Dowdiness
Dr. David J. Hellerstein's patient Greta had made great strides in the time she'd been seeing him for weekly therapy sessions. Her medicine ... «New York Magazine, Jun 15»
Canada's first "great political debate" was a dud
Hip modernity would simply blow away 1950s dowdiness. political debate. The first political debate in Canada was held between (from left) ... «Troy Media, May 15»
Hollywood bigwigs blasted for their crummy fashion sense online
We give you a lowdown of the dresses that will probably be remembered for being the hot pot of dowdiness and raising up the weirdness meter ... «Mid-Day, May 15»
What's cooking in the U.K.? Politics.
On one hand, there were those who mocked the Milibands' lack of taste and dowdiness. Sarah Vine, who happens to be married to Michael ... «Macleans.ca, Apr 15»
