10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAWKISHNESS»
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mawkishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
mawkishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Life, letters, and literary remains, of John Keats
sighted; thence proceeds mawkishness, and all the thousand bitters which those.
men I speak of must necessarily taste in going over the following pages. I hope I
have not in too late a day touched the beautiful mythology of Greece and dulled ...
John Keats, Richard Monckton Milnes (1st baron Houghton), 1848
Yet Keats could not have reached a critical stand of such devastating firmness
without the production of Endymion, 'mawkishness' and all. The mawkishness of
the poem, though not perhaps so damaging as Keats felt when he wrote the ...
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Almost a Foreign Country: A Personal Geography in Columns ...
Sentiment,. Sentimentality,. Mawkishness. I am, by all accounts, rather
unexpressive. Many think of me as unemotional. I don't go in for the usual
displays of feeling, and I have never been fond of the give-me-a-hug style that so
many people ...
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Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest ...
Harrowing, poignant, and inspiring, Ghost Soldiers is the mesmerizing story of a remarkable mission. It is also a testament to the human spirit, an account of enormous bravery and self-sacrifice amid the most trying conditions.
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Shakespeare as Collaborator
Tucker Brooke, who regarded the unknown author of Edward III a s 'one of the
truest poets of his generation', nevertheless complained o f the 'rather cloying
sweet- ness' and 'quibbling mawkishness' of the Countess scenes. The date of
the ...
Though there is drama there is also — I wish I could find another word —
mawkishness. Mawkishness is in the relations between Mr. Burgoyne and his
wife ; Stone, the faithless secretary, is a mass of mawkishness ; and after the
storm and ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1906
Toadymongers relied on menticide to entrap the Aryan mass, making toadies of
manipulatively abusive mawkishness, which had been akin to the richest Jews
and England, Ireland, Scotland, Brazil, Austria, and Czechoslavakia. Sneakiest ...
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John Keats, Updated Edition
'Mawkishness' (denoting sickly sentimentality) is derived from 'mawk', a maggot,
and in this context may also be related to the auxiliary sense of 'maggot',
meaning 'a whimsical fancy'. The pathology of 'mawkishness', outlined by Keats,
...
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The Free World: A Novel
Enlarging on the themes of aspiration and exile that infused his critically acclaimed first collection, Natasha and Other Stories, The Free World establishes Bezmozgis as one of our most mature and accomplished storytellers.
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HURLBURT'S CONSTANT: The Scientific Discovery of Big Bangs
Entrapping mawkishness was their bead or Jewification and negrophilia's
Pangaea. Their relentless need for relentless mawkishness was a sign of
sluggish swine in Manhattan. Rochester put them out of their misery. Urgent
perjury meant LA ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAWKISHNESS»
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mawkishness is used in the context of the following news items.
Found in Pittsfield: A terrific production of 'Lost in Yonkers'
... Simon one-liners seem forced or contrived; rarer still are the moments when the play detours into mawkishness, though it's loaded with heart. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
Editorial: Not washed away
That's not just mawkishness for Mandaue City, caught in a whirlpool of problems, from flooded communities to work cessation—all triggered by ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
The 2015 Halftime Top 10
... the family), this frank and honest drama avoids the usual mawkishness one finds in films about the disease. It's not “easy viewing,” however, ... «Swarajya, Jul 15»
What's On TV Friday
... from the edge more or less persuasively is a testament to his ability to convey genuine humility without mawkishness, once he sees the light.”. «New York Times, Jul 15»
Heyl: Nostalgia not enough to overcome Macy's lack of customers
The sale triggered a maelstrom of mawkishness from people fondly recalling days as ancient as the Roman Empire, when Downtown trumped ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
Musical review: The Production Company's West Side Story …
Anna O'Byrne and Gareth Keegan are very fine as star-crossed lovers Maria and Tony, neatly side-stepping the tendency to mawkishness ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Country Legend Steve Earle Talks Breakups, The Blues And Baseball
... monologues—Earle conveys raspy country melancholy levied by warmth and wryness that deftly circumvents mawkishness. Trying to ... «WBUR, Jul 15»
Memento Mori
... in restrained, unadorned, and unpretentious language and to capture intense emotions while utterly eluding sentimentality or mawkishness. «FrontPage Magazine, Jul 15»
60 Degrees North by Malachy Tallack review – around the world in …
Tallack wants to reject this ascription “for the mawkishness of it made me wince”, yet he cannot prevent himself from a passage of ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Aashamsakalode Anna
The mawkishness with which it all unfurls, and the unhurried pace with which it does, makes 'Aashamsakalode Anna' a tough watch. The lead ... «Nowrunning, Jul 15»
