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A censored version was eventually printed in the 1960s, while copies of the unabridged manuscript continued to circulate among underground literary circles.
"The invention of printing did away with anonymity, fostering ideas of literary fame and the habit of considering intellectual effort as private property," which had never been done before printing.
His body of essays, poems, and stories, or, as he called them, ficciones pioneered the literary style of “lo real maravilloso,” known in English as Magical Realism— and each was just a few pages long.
My intent is to have a literary accompaniment that explains the poster, in case you don't get it.
Despite this early literary success, Neruda struggled financially, and took a series of diplomatic jobs in places such as Burma, Indonesia, Singapore and Spain.
Published in Japanese in 2002 and translated into English three years later, "Kafka on the Shore" is an epic literary puzzle filled with time travel, hidden histories, and magical underworlds.
Enheduanna’s most valuable literary contribution was the poetry she wrote to Inanna, goddess of war and desire, the divinely chaotic energy that gives spark to the universe.
And using cognitive surplus, we're starting to see truly incredible experiments in scientific, literary, artistic, political efforts.
When my first novel written in English came out in America, I heard an interesting remark from a literary critic.
What I experienced as a child in that school in Madrid is happening in the literary world today.
And the reason why we were brought together was not because we shared an artistic style or a literary taste.
It's times like these I truly wish I was a more avid reader of Clive Barker's literary repertoire, since very few things feel worse than not being able to fully comprehend a movie of this stunningly 'visual' caliber.
I hardly suggest even watching this film, let alone any other films based on this literary work.
When quoting Dr. Bovon, where the documentary tries to establish a connection to Mary Magdalene from Mariamene, Dr. Bovon later clarifies it should be used for literary purposes (ie: fables of that time) not for a historical figure.
Remember the wooden, undramatic literary adaptations of the 1970s at their worst?
This was a film based on the Novel written by the modern literary god that is Koontz?
When one considers that Carson McCullers is one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century, it seems that it needs a very great lack of talent to be able to ruin one of her stories, but this movie shows it can be done!
Very resistible but ultimately harmless film version of the children's literary classic which incorporates an animated portion in the style of MARY POPPINS (1964) and BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (1971).
'Ik ook van jou' is an adaptation of a book, and it seem like the makers of the film forgot that film dialogue follows different rules than literary dialogue.
The book, although not my favourite literary choice, is miles better than the film is, and the sound track is just plain irritating.
I was hoping that this play/film (my 6th different Shakespeare play) would unlock the lucky casket and marry me to the riches of this literary Demigod.
John Madden's cinematic interpretation of Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome falls short of doing justice to a great literary piece.
When the book Scarlett came out, I read it in hopes of following two of my favorite literary characters farther on their journey together.
And the story was so fantastic that no amount of literary license could afford it credibility.
McClure is just too Cheezy to be believed, but who can blame him in the wasteland of this movie whose plot about ancient dinosaur birds ruling humans has 19th Century throwback "period charm," but not enough and unfortunately the script carries the racist connotations of the literary genre into films.
It is not that I object to literary license, (if that is what it should be called) especially when there is no overt attempt to say "based on a true story."
Throw in a plot that manages to be interesting only episodically and literary parallelism that never delves deeply enough to truly satisfy.
The screenwriter offers a combination of literary knowledge, timing, a gift for dialogue and hilarious situations that had me laughing out loud in the theater.
Besides the literary remains that are in the "Old Testament" of the Jews, there were considerable works from Mesopotamia and Egypt.
And true, some of the scenarios such weaker films of Mizoguchi present would be literary impossible today.
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