The phrase "a compelling view" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a perspective or opinion that is persuasive or strongly appealing.
Example: "The author presents a compelling view on climate change that challenges conventional beliefs."
Alternatives: "an engaging perspective" or "a persuasive argument".
And so it's a compelling view of a vanishing world.
A "compelling view of the 70s in our city", said commenter SteveHimmer, who also recommended Russell Greenan's It Happened In Boston?
"We are in discussions with the financial services industry and, if they come forward with a compelling view of the rationale for chip-and-pin for them, that's definitely something we'll take extremely seriously.
For Jonathan Gibbs in the Daily Telegraph, the "child's-eye view of the world may sound kooky, but it reads as smooth as ice-cream, and Donoghue quickly builds a compelling view of this strange existence... Does the novel give a genuine insight into what it's like to go through such an ordeal?
George Levine offers a compelling view of the kind of deep attachment Darwin felt to his objects of study, broadening that view to a general account of one kind of meaning that one might find in one's own life.
That's a compelling view.
Google Earth's ability to provide a visually compelling view of the world's terrain, cities, oceans, weather data, treks, and more never ceases to amaze me.
And an equally compelling view when the tide is out and we can walk and sit down on the rocks of Casco Bay and the Harraseeket River.
Set for release Aug. 14, 2015, "Straight Outta Compton" takes its name from N.W.A's debut album, which burst onto the music scene in 1988 with a controversial but undeniably compelling view of the violence and brutality of gang-ridden South Los Angeles.
What ought to count is whether a legal opinion offers the most compelling view of the Constitution in light of its text, history, prior judicial interpretation, and current understanding of the country's needs.
"It's a compelling world view," Professor Linfield noted, "but a wrong one".
