Sentence examples for use of literary reference from inspiring English sources

By contrast, the Seattle Times reviewer wrote positively of the book's use of literary reference, calling it "staggeringly literate".

The possibility that this Dickensian-sounding name is the ghost of a mistake from Mars-Jones lends a certain irony to his attack on Michael Cunningham's use of literary references.

The first, explicitly mentioned in the text, is "Great Expectations" (that mother lode of literary reference).

There are also plenty of literary references to the use of dildos, which in ancient Greece were made of padded leather and anointed with olive oil before use.

It was a quirky show, full of literary references.

With some adjustment of literary references, you might pose a similar question.

For now, it appears unlikely that that book will be added to Mr. McGreevey's repertory of literary references.

Crazy Age: Thoughts on Being Old is beautifully observed, full of literary references and wry asides, witty and utterly unsentimental.

Early on he was a library hound, and there are a surprising number of literary references in his work.

"Nothing makes a novel seem more vulnerable, more naked, than an armour-plating of literary references," he writes.

The first, looking back to childhood and adolescence, is cluttered with a young pretentiousness and lots of literary references.