10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWEEDINESS»
Discover the use of
tweediness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tweediness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Steven Spielberg's America
He contrasts with the decidedly non-American tweediness of his father Henry
Jones (Sean Connery), colleague Dr. Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliot), and
sidekick Sallah (John Rhys-Davis). The non-American aspect was mirrored in the
box ...
2
The Man Whose Dream Came True
He dressed with care – not that he ever dressed carelessly – in a light weight
grey suit with just a hint of tweediness about it, and went down to breakfast. A
dish over a hotplate revealed poached haddock when he lifted the lid, coffee
bubbled ...
3
Jane Austen and Co.: Remaking the Past in Contemporary Culture
4 Giles, despite his stereotypical tweediness, is powerful, even sexy. (Head's
previous television credits include the “Taster's Choice” commercial, featuring
romance between coffee-drinking, flirtatious neighbors.) While the show evokes,
from ...
Suzanne R. Pucci, James Thompson, 2012
4
Willa Cather Remembered
Her mannish figure and country tweediness, her let's-lay-it-on-the- table manners
and unconcealed blue eyes, her rosy skin and energetic demeanor bespoke a
phenomenon as strangely comforting to us all as it was foreign, something in the
...
L. Brent Bohlke, Sharon Hoover, 2002
5
The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics
Because he refuses to countenance talk of properties, Goodman says that what
the tailor's swatch exemplifies are labels, such as "yellow” and “tweedy,” rather
than properties of yellowness and tweediness. There is some dispute about ...
Berys Gaut, Dominic Lopes, 2013
6
Reading the Vampire Slayer: The Complete, Unofficial Guide ...
Much more compellingly enacted isWesley's metamorphosis, a kind of ongoing
version of Season Two's 'dark Angel' arc, which divests Alexis Denisof of the last
vestiges of tweediness as Giles's former Mini-Me and sees him incarnated as ...
7
Political Woman: The Big Little Life of Jeane Kirkpatrick
The Winetasters' get-togethers had some of the academic tweediness of the
faculty lounge, although from the perspective of some of the participants' children,
who were often part of the mix, they also had some of the qualities of trial by
ordeal.
8
Foundlings: Lesbian and Gay Historical Emotion Before Stonewall
... up among adults largely born abroad. Her mannish figure and country
tweediness, her let's- lay-it-on-the-table manners and unconcealed blue eyes,
her rosy skin and energetic demeanor bespoke a phenomenon as strangely
comforting to IV.
I was attracted to him: he had an English tweediness about him. It had been a
long time since any date of mine had shown up wearing a tie. His manners were
polished. He treated me with deference and took a keen interest in what I had to ...
10
God Save the Queen: The Spiritual Heart of the Monarchy
attacked the stuffiness and 'tweediness' of the Queen's image. He described her
style of speaking as 'a pain in the neck' and observed that 'the personality
conveyed by the utterances which are put in her mouth is that of a priggish
schoolgirl, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWEEDINESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
tweediness is used in the context of the following news items.
Michael Dirda on Moral Agents
At the end of his life, Trilling – the epitome of moderation and conservative tweediness – wrote that Hemingway was “the only writer of our time I envied”. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
Victoria's new mayor refuses to swear oath to Queen Elizabeth II …
... quite a number of other communities around here that don't do it either,” said Nils Jensen, mayor of Oak Bay, a Victoria enclave renowned for its tweediness. «National Post, Dec 14»
Nigel Farage undressed: The Ukip leader's fuddy-duddy look is a …
All that tweediness and waxed cotton is redolent of a mythologised past – a past which, for many, is better than the present of economic slump, Isis and the ... «The Independent, Oct 14»
Revisiting the Honda S2000
Where the Mazda Miata is happy to remain stagnant, adhering to the classic roadster tweediness forever, the S2000 was the convertible's techno-futuristic ... «AutoWeek, Jul 14»
Highlights from New York's International Contemporary Furniture Fair
... designer Hiroko Takeda featured new fabrics from her Silk Mohair Band series, contrasting luxurious mohair and painterly colours with the tweediness of spun ... «Vogue Australia, May 14»
Miles Jupp, Touring
Actually Jupp sends himself up royally; his tweediness, his poshness, looking and sounding years older than he actually is (he's 34 but has always looked about ... «The Arts Desk, Feb 14»
Miles Jupp – review
For most of this gig, Miles Jupp sends up his own tweediness, exaggerates the chaos of parenting young children and simulates outrage at wheelie-suitcase ... «The Guardian, Feb 14»
Patchwork designs for men
Theses pieces are so beautiful and rich in their tweediness; they seem best as standalone pieces, working with neutral underpinnings like chinos or cords. «Financial Times, Nov 13»
The history behind heathers
... gentleman spotted a rare heather hybrid while striding across his local heathlands taking pot-shots at luckless partridges (I can picture the tweediness); that he ... «The Guardian, Nov 13»
'The Fun Stuff,' by James Wood, and More
This very essay, with its impersonality and tweediness, its claims at authority, seems dated in comparison, vulnerable. How much longer can it flourish when the ... «New York Times, Dec 12»
