10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STATUESQUENESS»
Discover the use of
statuesqueness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
statuesqueness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
We, too, admire all these admirable traits of the English woman; but we would
admire them still more if we felt less convinced that, in many instances, the
statuesqueness of her self-possession is only achieved by her immoderate love
of ...
William James Stillman, John Durand, 1857
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Specimens of the Table talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
... tragic of their dramatists : he evidently embraces within the scope of the tragic
poet many passions, — love, conjugal affection, jealousy, and so on, which
Sophocles seems to have considered as incongruous with the ideal
statuesqueness ...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge, 1851
Their women were correspondingly attractive, of patrician statuesqueness and
even austere. Both men and women carried themselves with a certain regal air,
as one accustomed to command. Whenever they spoke it was with deliberate-
ness ...
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A History of the Romantic Movement in Spain
Don Jaime has a statuesqueness, a dignity and a restraint which are true art, but
not Romantic art. Any ofhiswomenis a fitmate for him, but no companion for Rivas
” Leonor, * Indeed, the preface (Don Jaime el Conquistador, ed. cit., p. 4) makes ...
Her back was straight and erect which gave a squareness to her shoulders and
an impression of statuesqueness as she walked, allowing her skirts to fall in
straight folds. Her tiny waist was emphasized by a swelling hip line that gave ...
6
The Private Rod: Marital Violence, Sensation, and the Law in ...
When Arthur sees Susan again for the first time, he notes that she is a "grand
figure, large and calm and noble like a Roman woman" (II 349). The Romanlike
marble statuesqueness keeps her firmly within ideological boundaries but
evokes ...
... he evidently embraces within the scope of the tragic poet many passions, —
love, conjugal affection, jealousy, and so on, — which Sophocles seems to have
considered as incongruous with the ideal statuesqueness of the tragic drama.
Its chief characteristics area sortof passionless "statuesqueness," a steadiness of
tone akin to the notes oftheorgan, which is its only fit accompaniment, an
absence ofall attempt at personal display on the part of the singer.Its faulty
tendencies ...
Frederick James Crowest, 1900
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Philosophy of Exaggeration
The impressive statuesqueness of the aria 'Es gibt ein Reich 'is followed
immediately by the entangled dynamism of the thrilling quintet with which
Zerbinetta, the 'mistress of improvisation',34 as much an expert at 'pert whistles'
as at ...
Alexander García Düttmann, 2007
10
The Masks of Othello: The Search for the Identity of ...
16 Though we are told that the nature of Shakespeare's theater demanded formal
acting, ". . . to maintain attention it would be necessary to exaggerate movement
or statuesqueness, to use inflated delivery and conventional posture" ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STATUESQUENESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
statuesqueness is used in the context of the following news items.
Skyscraper with Beyoncé-Inspired “Curves and Bulges” to Grace the …
Finding out Beyoncé's height may have been a shocker to you — the seemingly towering performer, whose statuesqueness is oh-so-emphasized throughout her ... «Flavorwire, Jul 15»
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Many of the city's statues have a certain, well, statuesqueness that begs to photographed. But few of us stop to do it, particularly when we pass landmarks so ... «Washington Post, Oct 14»
Claws and All: Hugh Jackman Gets Ripped for The Wolverine and …
Allen makes use of Blanchett's statuesqueness. In Ginger's apartment, at that dentist's office, in a taxicab, on the glamourless sidewalks of the Mission, Jasmine ... «Grantland, Jul 13»
From: SPIN at Stubb's: Kendrick Lamar, Trinidad James, Solange …
to accentuate her statuesqueness — and breathtaking, razor-point pumps. When she got to swaying in funky choreographed unison with her guitarist — who ... «SPIN, Mar 13»
Meditation with the FT: Tim Parks
The cross-legged statuesqueness of it and the beatific Buddha-smile were enough to put me off. Whatever it was, it stank of prayer. Having escaped my parents' ... «Financial Times, Feb 11»
Unstable Nudity
These feverish, frenzied females have lost all pretense to Apollonian statuesqueness: Come too close to them, they will tear you apart, as they seem torn apart ... «Artnet, Mar 06»
Shadow Play
... self-possessed Viola would see in the emotionally crippled duke, Burke makes Viola's infatuation believable, thanks in part to his appealing statuesqueness. «Metro Santa Cruz, Jul 05»
