10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROFLUENCE»
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profluence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Stories We Are: An Essay on Self-Creation, Second Edition
It is summed up in novelist John Gardner's word 'profluence.' Profluence is 'our
sense, as we read, that we're “getting somewhere” ' (1985, 48). It is our sense,
which is 'a powerful part of our interest as we read great literature,' he says, 'that ...
William Lowell Randall, 2014
2
Storytelling for Lawyers
Failla and, 101–3 of The Hand, 14–16 in High Noon, 20–27 inJaws, 20–27 in
movies, 70 narrative logic of, 12–13, 18 narrative profluence in, 11–12, 64 pacing
of, 197–99 sequence of, 11, 12, 13 setting for, 156 themes and, 16 voice and,
118 ...
3
The Art of John Gardner: Instruction and Exploration
In The Poetry of Chaucer Gardner remarks that the Canterbury Tales is
characterized by a "profluence" which is "dialectical": the pilgrims "offer rival
points of view on a series of traditional topics." Thus the aesthetic model of the
Tales "is not ...
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
In the profluence or proceedings of their fortunes, there was much difference
between them. Wotton. * PROFLUENT. adj. [from profiuens, Latin.] Flowing
forward. — Baptizing in the profluent stream, the sign Of washing (hem from guilt
of sin.
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The Natural History of Staffordshire
... whither there be any such connexion between the profluence of these, and
deartbs, wars, Plagues, and many other like prodigious E'oents as are said to
followthem,l am very diffident, and want confidence either to allert, or insert them
here.
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The Hippie Narrative: A Literary Perspective on the ...
The other countercultural works studied here deviate to a varying extent from the
“trunk of the science” with its profluence and energeia. When examining these
countercultural works, there is no simple segue from Late Modernism to ...
7
Fight the Power: A Memoir of the Sixties
That's why it's called “motion pictures.” The movies move, and they move forward
toward some destination. To work, they must have profluence, a sense that they
are “going somewhere,” that it all adds up and will eventually mean something.
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The Synonymous, Etymological, and Pronouncing English ...
(French, Lat. progressio) proportional process, regular and gradual advance,
profluence ; motion forward, course, progress, passage: intellectual advance.
Loctt. Pro-gM'lJon-Il, a. such as are in a state of increase or advance. Pro-grcs'
sivr, .j.
William Perry (lecturer in the Academy at Edinburgh.), William Perry (of Kelso, Scotland.), Samuel Johnson, 1805
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Tell It Slant, 2nd Edition
"Profluence"; Moving It Forward As we described in Chapter 9, “The Tradition of
the Personal Essay,” essays often have two lines of movement: the horizontal (
plot, story, linear development) and the vertical (insight, reflection, delving below
...
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Literary and cultural intersections during the long ...
By utilizing gossip as the means to realize a narrative synthesis of action,
character, and thought, Fielding achieves what John Gardner terms "profluence"
— "our sense, as we read, that we're 'getting somewhere'."14 Of course, as
Gardner ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROFLUENCE»
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profluence is used in the context of the following news items.
Blood Brothers: On Mike Meginnis's 'Fat Man and Little Boy'
Their misadventures increase their dramatic humanity, but the book's profluence slows until Meginnis carries the brothers to Hollywood. «The Millions, Nov 14»
Globe Books 2013: Long story short, it was a remarkable year for …
But the traditional novel – the kind that usually wins the prizes – is a scene-driven, dramatic form with built-in profluence that the keeps the ... «The Globe and Mail, Dec 13»
