contemporary reader
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontemporaryandreader
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contemporary
adjective
uk/kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/us/kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/
existing or happening now, and therefore ...
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reader
noun[C]
uk/ˈriː.dər/us/ˈriː.dɚ/
someone who reads for pleasure, especially a person who reads ...
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(Definition ofcontemporaryandreaderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It brings thecontemporaryreaderinto the feelings and controversies of the time.
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Both prefaces noted his aim to avoid the impertinence of mere paraphrases while providing essential contextual information to aid thecontemporaryreader.
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This ambiguity is not neutral; it amounts to a de facto preference for domesticated pragmatism, and has so been understood by most contemporary readers.
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Nor was it for other contemporary readers and reviewers.
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One hopes that it might have made some of his contemporary readers wince too, although one would not be too confident about that.
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Similarly, we do not know how contemporary readers received such ideas.
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Contemporary readers generally find this literature harsh, punitive, and frightening.
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A further complication with the novel's ideology, and that of sensation fiction in general, is that we lack detailed evidence about how it was actually perceived by contemporary readers.
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There are men, for instance, of admirable genius, whose works appeal not merely to a restricted and select few, but to a vast area of contemporary readers.
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Her morality of courtship and marriage will seem strange and impractical to contemporary readers.
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The power in this type of writing can be seen in the reaction of contemporary readers.
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Its descriptions were considered harrowing by contemporary readers.
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Contemporary readers also enjoyed these novels because they gave a glimpse into the life of important society figures.
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It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating mixed reaction from contemporary readers and criticism.
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Contemporary readers of the 1715 rules would have interpreted them as tens being low.
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Contemporary readers must have found some degree of usefulness in this summary drawn from historical records.
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Even in this context, contemporary readers were disturbed at the graphic, sometimes hallucinatory, quality of this work coming from a woman's pen.
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He also included far more personal and human details than those to which contemporary readers were accustomed.
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However, only a small fraction are still known today, while several that were popular with contemporary readers are now obscure.
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