10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAWKINESS»
Discover the use of
gawkiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gawkiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Attuned to Alien Moonlight: The Poetry of Bruce Dawe
4 At the Frontiers of Gawkiness: Public and Personal Voices A serious attention
to "gawkiness" appears in Brace Dawe's "Introduction" to his collected poems,
Sometimes Gladness, preserved in the fifth edition of this book, which goes on ...
2
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
[The same verbis used by Jonsox Gawkiness.126Q ay Tyke Boy. (Magnetic Lady,
iii.,4,1632)inthe sense ofamazed, or bamboozled, i.e., absolutelybefooled : Nay,
look how the man stands, as he were gowked !] 1888. F.R.Stockton, Rudder ...
3
Toward a New Sociology of Education
Gawkiness. as. a. Cardinal. Social. Defect. An easy way to indicate how we might
reinterpret mental deficiency along these lines is by means of an analogy. Let us
imagine a society in which the major target group of social discrimination is ...
Doubtless the contrast between the crude gawkiness of the raw girl he has drifted
into marrying—for I suppose it was more accident than anything else—and the
mature and subtle grace, the fine and low-voiced sweetness of the woman whom
...
5
Of Memory, Reminiscence, and Writing: On the Verge
A certain awkwardness should mar discourse on transcendental or queasy quasi
- transcendental structures, a certain transcendent gawkiness should here be our
only grace. In a rare instance of transcendent gawkiness, Derrida's own text ...
David Farrell Krell, 1990
As Marius grew,he was inclining to gawkiness,and there was even a hint of a
pustule here and there.Whereas gawkiness could be seen as ranginess and so
pass as not unattractive, there was nothing quite like pustules to diminish prior ...
7
A Companion to Roman Love Elegy
Ouch, that's gawkiness, not a sense of shame. Call it “violence” if you wish, but
that act of will is pleasing to girls; often unwilling they are willing to have granted
what's pleasing. Words can hurt too. The self-consoling lover may represent to ...
8
Abraham Lincoln: Friend of the People
A biography of Lincoln whose success story became the symbol of the American dream--the backwoods boy who by honesty, dignity, and kindness won the highest office in the country.
Clara Ingram Judson, 2007
9
The tyranny of schooling: an inquiry into the problem of ...
In Saber-Tooth II, the equivalent phrases are "gracelesses" and "gawkies," and
their psychologists ordinarily use a "GQ" which actually means "Grace Quotient,"
but which is generally thought to mean "Gawkiness Quotient." (A good deal of ...
Lewis Anthony Dexter, 1964
10
The other minorities: nonethnic collectivities ...
(A good deal of effort has been devoted by Saber- Tooth II students of Freud to
demonstrating that inherent gawkiness, so-called, is generally due to some kind
of compulsion neurosis.) However, under the famous legal rule which bars ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAWKINESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
gawkiness is used in the context of the following news items.
Movie review: 'Me and Earl' is a surprising, inspiring
She's as smart, naive and grumpy as he is — her social awkwardness about being ill matching his messed-up gawkiness. Amazingly, Greg has ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
Southern Perspective: Pleasant pelicans perfect Pensacola
At first glance, they may appear to be the big, goofy dogs of the sky with their gawkiness and funny forms. It only takes a second look to know ... «Pensacola News Journal, Jun 15»
'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' plays the Princeton …
Her obvious favorite is Olive Ostrovsky, an awkward girl whose parents aren't in the audience, played with winning gawkiness, strangeness ... «NJ.com, Jun 15»
'Dying Girl' affecting, inspiring
She's as smart, naive and grumpy as he is — her social awkwardness about being ill matching his messed-up gawkiness. Amazingly, Greg has ... «Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Jun 15»
Review: Sundance winner 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' is a …
She's as smart, naive and grumpy as he is — her social awkwardness about being ill matching his messed-up gawkiness. Amazingly, Greg has ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
Golan The Insatiable: “Shame On Pee”
I love that Swingley wins Dylan over with his blunt force gawkiness, giving her heart palpitations when he tumbles off his desk chair to show her ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Jun 15»
Sydney Film Festival 2015: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
And he has the gawkiness and geekiness of Napoleon Dynamite. Warm-hearted: Olivia Cooke and Thomas Mann in Me and Earl. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
Want to hide a spy in plain sight? Send a woman.
Not that anyone at CIA headquarters ever noticed that behind all that gawkiness lies a tremendous talent for violence. The markers of an ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
Model Aeroplanes: “We really look up to Little Comets musically”
Moreover, they're proving to be a band that appear to have skipped straight past the manacles of post-adolescent gawkiness of an early Two ... «Nouse, Jun 15»
Gucci's New York Cruise
... cozy hats, headscarves styled like Her Majesty the Queen, corsages, or bridesmaid-y floral silk headpieces had the same air of gawkiness. «Vogue.co.uk, Jun 15»
