Emaciated and weak, the literary critic Lidiya Ginzburg wrote that her "mind hauled the body along," as "a whole series of foul processes went on inside the alienated body".
You might also note the surprisingly weak correlation between operating a literary magazine and writing clear, cliché-free prose.
In his poem, Wilbur slyly turns Mrs. Ward's polite inquiry about tea — "if we would prefer it weak or strong" — into a literary and moral question.
"I thought this was a really weak year for fiction," said Benjamin Schwarz, literary editor for The Atlantic, "but I still wouldn't have guessed that any of these would have been strong contenders".
This is because in biological, if not literary, terms, males are the weaker sex.
Perhaps this is down to weak political institutions, often lamentable political leadership or the lack of strong literary tradition in some places.
Literary Khanty has been based primarily on the northern group, but standardization remains weak, and since 1950 other dialects have also been used.
"The Second Plane is such a weak, risible and objectionable volume that the reader finishes it convinced that Amis should stick to fiction and literary criticism, as he's thoroughly discredited himself... as any sort of political or social commentator".
As a literary critic, Chaudhuri must be aware of the benefits of showing over telling, and the weakest parts of the show see him rather hammering home his thesis.
Erich Auerbach, the revered literary historian, says that, as soon as Boccaccio touches on anything tragic or even problematic, the book becomes "weak and superficial".
