Writing at Its Best

2020-01-14T14:21:47-05:00

Writing at Its Best by Emily Reardon This is the first in a series of reflections on the nature of "good writing," a phrase more often invoked than defined. While each of us may have a different take on what constitutes such writing, there is much to be gleaned from others' definitions. For Emily Reardon '16, Princeton Writes' Undergraduate Fellow, good writing has the power to change our perspective – sometimes dramatically. When I think of writing at its best, I think of a trick I once played on my sister in the summer. While she was out fighting the ocean current [...]

Writing at Its Best2020-01-14T14:21:47-05:00

bête noire (bĕt NWÄR)

2015-04-06T12:00:10-04:00

Definition (Noun) A person or thing that is the bane of a person or his life; an insufferable person or thing; an object of aversion. In Context "The President kept India's bête noire, John Foster Dulles, in the background." Dennis Kux, India and the United States: Estranged Democracies, 1941-1991, 1992.

bête noire (bĕt NWÄR)2015-04-06T12:00:10-04:00

Girl with a Pearl Earring (1999) by Tracy Chevalier

2015-04-01T12:00:11-04:00

Critical Assessment "Chevalier's novel . . . is a wondrous, enthralling piece of work, told through the eyes of a 16-year-old girl who goes to work as a maid in Vermeer's household after her father is blinded in a kiln explosion. "Like Vermeer's paintings, 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' is deceptively simple, its events recounted in a matter-of-fact language that belies the novel's immense ambition and sophistication. Its narration, after all, enacts a hoch feminist maneuver: relating a monumental event (in this case, the genesis of one of Vermeer's most unsettling masterpieces) from the perspective of a 'marginal' participant (a woman, [...]

Girl with a Pearl Earring (1999) by Tracy Chevalier2015-04-01T12:00:11-04:00

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