“ Writing Genres .” Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.

Willard Thorp, in his new book, American Writing In The Twentieth Century, observes, quite validly it seems: `` Certain subjects are conspicuously absent or have been only lightly touched.

Writing to Speed on August 24, 1855, Lincoln made the latter point clear.

`` We, the Subscribers, do agree, that as soon as a convenient Number of Persons have subscribed to this, or a similar Writing, We will present a petition to the Hon'ble General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, praying for an Act incorporating into a Body politic the subscribers to such Writing with Liberty to build such a Bridge, and a Right to demand a Toll equal to that received at Malden Bridge, and on like Terms, and if such an Act shall be obtained, then we severally agree each with the others, that we will hold in the said Bridge the several shares set against our respective Names, the whole into two hundred shares being divided, and that we will pay such sums of Money at such Times and in such Manners, as by the said proposed Corporation, shall be directed and required ''.

Writing in a large volume on the nude in painting and sculptures, titled The Nude: A Study In Ideal Form, Kenneth Clark declares: `` The human body, as a nucleus, is rich in associations.

Writing to his colleague George Herbert Palmer -- `` Glorious old Palmer '', as he addresses him -- James says that if only the students at Harvard could really understand Royce, Santayana, Palmer, and himself and see that their varying systems are `` so many religions, ways of fronting life, and worth fighting for '', then Harvard would have a genuine philosophic universe.

An Approach to Aristotle's Physics: With Particular Attention to the Role of His Manner of Writing.

Writing in the 1st century BC, Horace refers to the wax abacus, a board covered with a thin layer of black wax on which columns and figures were inscribed using a stylus.

Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization, Oxford: Blackwell.

Writing systems that indicate consonants but do not indicate most vowels ( like the Aramaic one ) or indicate them with added diacritical signs, have been called abjads by Peter T. Daniels to distinguish them from later alphabets, such as Greek, that represent vowels more systematically.

Writing that would later be incorporated into the Hebrew Bible names Sheol as the place of the dead.

ASL grammar was obscured for much of its history by the practice of glossing it rather than transcribing it ( see Writing systems below ), a practice which conveyed little of its grammar apart from word order.

Writing within the tradition of empiricism, he argues that impressions are the source of all ideas.

It also received two further nominations: Best Cinematography, for Arthur Edeson, and Best Writing Achievement for Abbott, Anderson and Andrews.

Writing about AD 94, Clement of Rome states that the apostles appointed successors to continue their work where they had planted churches and for these in their turn to do the same because they foresaw the risk of discord.

Writing a little later, Tertullian makes the same main point but adds expressly that recently founded churches ( such as his own in Carthage ) could be considered apostolic if they had " derived the tradition of faith and the seeds of doctrine " from an apostolic church.

The terms of Hopwood's will left a substantial portion of his estate to his alma mater, the University of Michigan for the establishment of the Avery Hopwood and Jule Hopwood Creative Writing Awards.

International Association of Culinary Professionals ' Literary Food Writing Award for both The Cook and the Gardener and Cooking for Mr. Latte: A Food Lover's Courtship, with Recipes

Writing for the Norwegen newspaper Folkets Avis, the critic Erik Bøgh admired Ibsen's originality and technical mastery: " Not a single declamatory phrase, no high dramatics, no drop of blood, not even a tear.

Writing the rules didn't help the Knickerbockers in the first known competitive game between two clubs under the new rules, played at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey on June 19, 1846.

Writing in the 4th century, the Pilgrim of Bordeaux reported that the sepulchers of David, Ezekiel, Asaph, Job, Jesse, and Solomon were located near Bethlehem.

Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, 16th century painting.

Writing was introduced during the French occupation and literacy is limited, especially in rural areas.

Writing in the Meiji era, Lafcadio Hearn ( 1902 ) described a baku with very similar attributes that was also able to devour nightmares.

Genres like high fantasy, Westerns and science fiction space opera often have specific settings, such as a pseudo-Medieval European setting, the Old West, or outer space.

British Genres: Cinema and Society, 1930-1960.

Genres such as metalcore, grindcore and crossover thrash were greatly influenced by punk and heavy metal.

* Negus, Keith, ( 1999 ) Music Genres and Corporate Cultures, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-17399-X.

Genres of the period included the history play, which depicted English or European history.

Genres are formed by conventions that change over time as new genres are invented and the use of old ones are discontinued.

Genres abound in daily life and people often work within them unconsciously ; people often take for granted their prominence and ever present residence in society.

Genres sort media efficiently, especially when following trends set by society.

" The Gnome In The Front Yard and Other Public Figurations: Genres of Self-Presentation on Personal Home Pages.

" User-based Identification of Web Genres.

Genres may be determined by technique, tone, content, or length.

* Geneses, Genealogies, Genres, And Genius: The Secrets of the Archive, trans.

Genres such as industrial, industrial techno, lo-fi music, black metal, sludge metal and glitch music employ noise-based materials.

* Mikhail Bakhtin The Problem of Speech Genres p. 68

* S. Borthwick and R. Moy ( 2004 ), Popular Music Genres: an Introduction, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Genres like jazz are especially said to have this type of character to it.

Genres included horror, crime stories, morality stories, comedy, and pornography — often accompanied by colorful woodcut prints.

* Bakhtin, M. M. ( 1986 ) Speech Genres and Other Late Essays.

* Paul Simpson: The Rough Guide to Cult Pop: The Songs, the Artists, the Genres, the Dubious Fashions.

Genres originating in or radically developed by British musicians include blues rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, hard rock, punk rock, electric folk, folk punk, acid jazz, trip hop, shoegaze, drum and bass, grime, Britpop and dubstep.

Genres here range as widely as the definition of folk music itself ; working definitions are based on the style and themes of the music regardless of its source.