Sentence examples for genres of advice from inspiring English sources
Genres of advice, recount and exposition have been identified.
Political theories were also expressed in so-called coronation orders, accounts of the liturgy celebrated during a ruler's coronation, and in a rich genre of advice literature that took the form of letters.
Mirror for princes, also called mirror of princes, genre of advice literature that outlines basic principles of conduct for rulers and of the structure and purpose of secular power, often in relation either to a transcendental source of power or to abstract legal norms.
While Machiavelli's work belonged to the venerable genre of advice manuals for princes — "The Prince" was, in part, a job application addressed to Lorenzo de Medici — Hobbes's "Leviathan" was a self-conscious attempt to jettison the whole history of thinking about politics and start over.
Stoicism continued to exercise an important hold over many Roman political minds under the empire, drawing in part on the Hellenistic genre of advice to kings to which Stoics among others had contributed; Platonism too, and forms of Pythagoreanism, regained much sway.
Currently, Portal's content is limited to videos, but those videos cover a range of topics and genres like advice (personal- and business-related), comedy, music and personal vlogging.
Two recent volumes -- Jim Rogers's "Adventure Capitalist Random Housese, $27.50) and James M. Clash's "Forbes to the Limits" (John Wiley & Sons, $27.95) -- try the trick of merging two nonfiction genres: management advice and travelogue.
Both couples document their exploits in books published this month, the latest entries in what is almost a mini-genre of books offering advice about the "sex-starved marriage".
Reserves of advice, pernicious advice, as well.
