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Either reading great works is a series of singular experiences during which "essential things" are always open to question or it is part of a pre-established curriculum to be preserved and passed on.

Teaching the Book 2009

Even if we regard Michael Martone as a kind of novel, unified by its portrayal of the life of its title character, what do we make of the reference to Frank Burns, a pre-established fictional character we are asked to believe literally brought "Michael Martone" into the world, or, indeed, of this passage from another Contributor's Note a few pages later?

Experimental Fiction 2010

I think that I was born with something of that Indian warrior spirit that Nanny talked about, providing me with a defiance that refused to respect pre-established boundaries.

Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

Experimental fiction (which ultimately I would have to say is a part of "literary fiction," representing its vanguard in exploring the edges of the literary) precisely "demands that you read it on its own terms" rather than according to pre-established conventions.

Experimental Fiction 2010

"Either reading great works is a series of singular experiences during which" essential things "are always open to question or it is part of a pre-established curriculum to be preserved and passed on."

Teaching the Book 2009

An informational company document says telecom companies can use Netsweeper to "block inappropriate content using a pre-established list of 90+ categories to meet government rules and regulations—based on social, religious or political ideals."

U.S. Products Help Block Mideast Web Paul Sonne 2011

It's hard to know exactly why or how the Bullock-starring drama was able to surpass "New Moon," let alone give the pre-established franchise such a run for its money.

‘New Moon’ Falls To ‘The Blind Side’ In The Sunday Box Office Report » MTV Movies Blog 2009

I think that I was born with something of that Indian warrior spirit that Nanny talked about, providing me with a defiance that refused to respect pre-established boundaries.

Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

However, in the US, among a significant but influential section of jewish jewry and a large faction of christian fundamentalism, the idea of maintaining a jewish state despite the presence of a pre-established indigenous population comes off not only as right, but a divine/ethnic duty.

Matthew Yglesias » The Strategic Logic of Nonviolence 2009

This conception of fiction's purpose, that it is available to the literary artist as a form without pre-established limits, I take to be one of the guiding principles of literary modernism.

Experimental Fiction 2010