Sentence examples for historical frames from inspiring English sources

December 23 , 1804Boulogne, France October 13, 1869 Paris, France Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, (born December 23 , 1804 Boulogne, France died October 13 , 1869 Paris), French literary historian and critic, noted for applying historical frames of reference to contemporary writing.

When ideologies become diluted, when parties lose their historical frames of reference, when the differences between right and left are watered down, when the law of the marketplace carries all before it and when social policies are abandoned, serious political debate is foreclosed.

The Gasometer retroactively places this "ahistoric" district within a historical frame.

Prose's braided narrative is engrossing at first, but as the historical frame becomes more crowded the various voices lose distinction and depth.

This case against the film's historical frame is, in part, an argument on behalf of the more radical abolitionism that Lincoln often kept at arm's length.

These Democrats subscribed to the historical frame put forth by the liberal academic Sean Wilentz, who in 2008 published a book titled "The Age of Reagan: 1974-2008".

As the exploitative nature of Britain's colonial rule has come more into the historical frame, his often condescending attitude to their political aspirations is not condoned.

Mr. Rihm's music ranges widely and ingeniously through contemporary styles and includes a sort of historical framing, as he seamlessly weaves in patches of music from Goethe's era.

The energetic Mr. Lau does what he can with the messy story, but despite some glorious locations, a cast of seemingly (real human rather than digital) thousands and a provocative historical frame, the incrementally served up pieces never satisfactorily cohere.

He tried to use the "March of Time" as a historical framing device to close one era and open the next, with Hearstian journalism giving way to the new Luce empire.

Unfinished, in this second half, stretches its theme so far, to include infinity, entropy, and audience participation (cue the inevitable pile of candies, signed Félix González-thates) thet thistoricalcal frame snaps completely.