Sentence examples for literary backbone from inspiring English sources

Many of these books form my own literary backbone, as it were (Orwell, Forster, Lawrence, the Brontës, Spark).

The paucity of biographical information about Shakespeare has inspired a variety of theories on how the son of a glover could have produced the backbone of the literary canon.

Conventional book readings – still the backbone of large, established venues, literary festivals and bookshops – have maintained their popularity, providing readers with a familiar setting in which to come face to face with a favourite author, ask questions, have a book signed.

Here are two collections of literary journalism written by men who trust their backbones, and to whom "maybe", "might" and "perhaps" are the throat-clearings of less assured intellects.

Hubris beckons – and the sort of crowing arrogance that sets the story-telling pulse, muscular characterisation and socially-observant backbone of the strongest crime writing against the supposedly etiolated and decadent "literary" novel.

Building on the success of 2013's multi-disciplinary Rest is Noise festival, the backbone of the year will be the London Philharmonic's Orchestra's concerts, but performances, lectures, debates and literary events will put these works in context.

A backbone".

Literary aspirations.

literary curiosity?

They are the backbone.

He wants backbone.