Sentence examples for vast topics from inspiring English sources

Like much of Dean's art, Prisoner Pair broaches vast topics – nature, history, decay and the seductions of nostalgia – with apparently modest means: the simple passage of light across the surfaces of things.

Death, beauty and the persistence of art are the vast topics addressed in "Forever," Heddy Honigmann's frustrating documentary set mainly in Père-Lachaise, the cosmopolitan Paris necropolis where artists including Proust, Chopin, Ingres and what's-his-rock-star from the Doors are buried.

Although that can indeed be frustrating, this is probably the only way to treat so grand a vast topic.

The best answer so far was Steve Waters' double bill, The Contingency Plan, which approached the vast topic through personal relationships and dialectical debate.

A readable introduction to a vast topic, "Restless Empire" traces the development of modern China and provides context for understanding the country's future place in the world.

In approaching his vast topic, Gates displays disarming modesty and enthusiasm; his tone is that of a letter from a perceptive friend who can't wait to share what he's learned.

The opening of the West is a vast topic, and this show of one man's collection -- as opposed to the scholarly overview of a museum survey -- is bound to leave many gaps.

Mr Mallaby writes about this vast topic with vigour and wit, and in a tone so reasonable it makes you want to slap the people who scale office blocks to unfurl banners proclaiming that the "World Bank Approves China's Genocide in Tibet".

Why We Chose It: This lesson offers an engaging introduction to the vast topic of the Civil War for a 17-week course on Western culture taught in China to English-language college students.

Rather than purporting to cover the vast topic of Anglo-Dutch cultural relations, she might have done better to admit that the real subject of Going Dutch is the Huygens family and their cultural and intellectual achievements, a topic which will be new to most English readers.

"Black in Latin America," by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (N.Y.U.; $26.95) In approaching his vast topic, Gates displays disarming modesty and enthusiasm; his tone is that of a letter from a perceptive friend who can't wait to share what he's learned.