单词 | preciosity |
例句 | “Farewell, My Queen” has none of the mustiness or preciosity that can turn costume dramas into waxworks. Movie Review: ‘Farewell, My Queen,’ Set at Versailles 2012-07-12T21:53:22Z Hostility to them is a sign of preciosity and elitism on the part of those who are threatened by vitality and find it vulgar. The bare bones of belief 2010-07-29T18:00:00Z Despite the formidable artistry exerted by its actors on its realization, “Brooklyn” isn’t so much a bad movie as it is a virtual self-parody of a genre—that of the minor, dignified, clean-hands art-house preciosity. The Sanitized Past of “Brooklyn” 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Instead of the music’s earnestness, the dance — with many incidental signs of accomplishment — exudes a kind of self-absorbed preciosity. Dance Review: Moving Preciously to the Music, Sometimes Stealing Away With It 2010-09-23T21:53:00Z On Tuesday, there was a lot of the arch diction and twee preciosity, long the stereotype in Britten performance. Music Review: Britten in Juilliard’s Spotlight at Alice Tully Hall 2013-12-04T22:33:18Z It’s precious the first time; the repetitions multiply its preciosity. Review: ‘Hagoromo’ Offers More Than Dance at BAM Harvey Theater 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z At first, this kind of physicality is engaging, but soon a kind of preciosity sets in, as gamelike exercises are developed. Review: L.A. Dance Project’s Eclectic Balancing Act 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z “Light Years” develops too slowly and continually borders on preciosity; the dramatic aspects of its costuming are far more specific than their counterparts in the choreography. Rashaun Mitchell’s ‘Light Years,’ Surreal Yet Supple 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Since 2016, after a brief retirement from moviemaking, he has found a new auteurist groove with modest resources, fast shoots, boundless energy and a striking lack of preciosity about the medium. ‘KIMI’ Review: Sure She’s Paranoid, but Something Really Is Out There 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z “Darkness Odyssey” doesn’t become boring, but it does become a willful exercise in preciosity, in artful effects. How to Fall Under a Butoh-like Spell 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Nudity and fashion become virtual emblems here, signaling the purity, fragility and preciosity of the subject. Commentary: Artemisia was a painting prodigy and a Baroque icon. Why is she just now getting her due? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z She flirts with preciosity, particularly in her overbearing use of Keaton. Review | ‘Defenestrate’ is a stylish debut that brims with suspense 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Author Lee, 34, an Alabaman, has written her first novel with all of the tactile brilliance and none of the preciosity generally supposed to be standard swamp-warfare issue for Southern writers. Read TIME's Original Review of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Walter Pater's essay on Style is honeycombed with involutions and preciosity. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z But in the narrative portions there is an unfortunate attempt to conceal the slightness of the story by preciosity and affectation in the style. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z The poem recalls Drummond of Hawthornden, not only by the rhythm, but also by a certain ‘preciosity’ of diction and imagery. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z This consummate hostess type of landlady is, of course, one which the passionate collector will preserve in the cabinet of his mind with tremulous happiness in the sheer preciosity of it. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z The character of pedantry and preciosity which the H�tel afterwards incurred, is not to be traced in any of its original features. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z His dramatic works, though effective on the stage, are disfigured by extravagant incidents and preciosity of diction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z On other days, he was lifted to the seventh heaven by an enthusiastic genteel mob, who followed every deft turn of expression with shouts and gestures of delight, and far-fetched preciosities of approbation. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Conceived in superciliousness and swaddled in preciosity, it is one of the sins I now strive hardest to expiate. The Book of Susan A Novel In fact, the poems of William are coarse and almost brutal in their tone, utterly lacking in the superfine gallantry, the preciosity, which is characteristic of the love poetry of his troubadour successors. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) But, in reacting everywhere against vulgar roughness, the very excess of his effort landed him at last in preciosity. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z The work of the group bordered often upon archaic preciosity, yet its influence was wholesome in holding up the ideal of a formalism which is after all one of the basic conditions of art. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Art is not a "hole and corner" thing, an affair of professional preciosities and discriminations, a set of tiresome rules to be learned by rote. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Arthur Symons deserted his hectic Muse, Richard Le Gallienne abandoned his preciosity, and the group began to disintegrate. Modern British Poetry It was the time not only of preciosity, but of the Fronde, with its turbulent adventures and fantastic chivalry. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. It suffered inevitably through the influences of a taste, refined it is true, but which already inclined toward mannerisms and preciosity. Chinese Painters A Critical Study He now and then ran near the rock of preciosity, though he very seldom piled up his barque on that reef. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) It is only that, in seeking to compensate himself for his infecundity, he has fallen into the deep sea of preciosity. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Although slightly tinged with pedantism and preciosity, its freshness, its grace, its inspiration and sincerity, give it a flavour almost of primitive art. The French Revolution A Short History A comic, convivial, burlesque or picaresque literature became, as it were, a parody of the literature of preciosity. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Moreover, a wide outlook will help us to avoid exaggerations, preciosities, and fanaticisms. Nature Mysticism Artifice and ballad preciosity have been cultivated more sedulously in the south, with a learned use of the repetend, archaism of style, and imitation of the quaint mediaeval habit of mind. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century The poet's early pieces, like Les Romanesques, disclosed him as a master of preciosity, exquisitely lyrical, but lacking in the sterner stuff of drama. The Theory of the Theatre It is difficult to resist the sense of a strain for bizarre harmony, of a touch of preciosity. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies Traces of preciosity are found in some of the earliest sentences; that infirmity was soon overcome by La Rochefoucauld, and his utterances become as clear and as hard as diamond. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. And Helen, too, seemed more in a humour to accept the disappearance of five invaluable trunks, full of preciosities, as a facetious sally on the part of destiny. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) Their aim in preciosity would seem to be to keep themselves unspotted from the world. The Author's Craft Their obscurity, however, is often due rather to the difficulty of the subject matter than to any intentional attempt at preciosity of style. The Troubadours The flowing gestures of this young man, his fluting accents, poetic eyes, and modestly ingratiating moustache, the preciosity of his taste in dress, assorted singularly with an austere devotion to duty rare if unaffected. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf He has been described as the last lyrical poet of his age, and the first of the poetical exponents of the new preciosity. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Moreover, her hair will be a miser's dream of gold; and it will hang heavily about a face that will be—quite indescribable, just as the dawn yonder is past the utmost preciosity of speech. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking The notion that art is first and the rest of the universe nowhere is bound to lead to preciosity and futility in art. The Author's Craft This obscurity was attained, as we have said, by elevation and preciosity of style, and was not the result of confusion of thought. The Troubadours Moreover, the tendency to preciosity, which was kept in check in the Thebais by the requirements of epic, here has full play. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal The dainty trifles of the school of preciosity fluttered at least during the sunshine of a day. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Lyly, who corresponds approximately to the French Voiture, created euphemism: that is, witty preciosity. Initiation into Literature Consciously, no one can achieve the act of love on earth as a completed thing of grace, with whatever delirium of delight, with whatever ingenious preciosity, we go through its process. Lysistrata The poet also learned to avoid the danger of stressing trivial and impertinent pathos, and he rejected the elegancies of style that threatened to lead to preciosity. Vergil A Biography His worst fault, however, lies in his obscurity and preciosity of diction. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Lockhart hated all affectation and "preciosity," of which the new book was not destitute. Alfred Tennyson Her very daintiness and preciosity of speech indicated it. The Blazed Trail Gotzkowsky's House was like a general storeroom for everybody's preciosities; his time, means, self were the refuge of all the needy. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 Nussler did, one day, see this preciosity: a Crucifix, ebony bordered with gold, and the Body all of that metal, on the smallest of altars,—in Walrave's bedroom. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 13 And underlying all the preciosity and exaggeration of his praises and his consolations, there is a genuine warmth of affection that argues an amiable character. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Wilde’s prose is distinguished by its extraordinary ease and clarity, and by the absence—very singular in his case—of the preciosity which he admired too much in other writers, and advocated with over-emphasis. Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde |
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