Get to know Matthiessen better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Matthiessen in a sentence
Matthiessen meaning
A surname.
Using Matthiessen
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, matthiessen often appears in combinations such as: in matthiessen.
Context around Matthiessen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Matthiessen
- In this selection, "matthiessen" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shakespeare, peter, 1941, observes and showd stand out and add context to how "matthiessen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include matthiessen 1941 424 and matthiessen 1941 426. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "matthiessen" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with matthiessen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Matthiessen (1941), 424 On almost every page, debts to Shakespeare can be discovered. (13 words)
Matthiessen (1941), 424 Especially the influence of King Lear and Macbeth has attracted scholarly attention. (15 words)
Matthiessen (1941), 431 Background Autobiographical elements Moby-Dick is based on Melville's actual experience on a whaler. (18 words)
As Matthiessen demonstrates, Ahab's first extended speech to the crew, in the "Quarter-Deck" (Ch.36), is "virtually blank verse, and can be printed as such": But look ye, Starbuck, what is said in heat, That thing unsays itself. (40 words)
Matthiessen (1941), 430 In addition to this sense of rhythm, Melville acquired verbal resources which for Matthiessen showd that he "now mastered Shakespeare's mature secret of how to make language itself dramatic". (33 words)
The critic F. O. Matthiessen found that the language of "Shakespeare went far beyond all other influences" upon the book, in that it inspired Melville to discover his own full strength. (31 words)
Example sentences (12)
Matthiessen (1941). 425 Reading Shakespeare, Matthiessen observes, had been "a catalytic agent" for Melville, one that transformed his writing "from limited reporting to the expression of profound natural forces".
Matthiessen (1941), 430 In addition to this sense of rhythm, Melville acquired verbal resources which for Matthiessen showd that he "now mastered Shakespeare's mature secret of how to make language itself dramatic".
It is the philosophical Zen-like idea of the ‘not-seeing’ that holds such symbolism in Matthiessen’s book.
As Matthiessen demonstrates, Ahab's first extended speech to the crew, in the "Quarter-Deck" (Ch.36), is "virtually blank verse, and can be printed as such": But look ye, Starbuck, what is said in heat, That thing unsays itself.
Less swashbuckling, but not lacking in man-against-the-sea exploits, is Peter Matthiessen's Far Tortuga (1975), which chronicles the adventures of a turtling crew in the late 1960s.
Matthiessen (1941), 424 Especially the influence of King Lear and Macbeth has attracted scholarly attention.
Matthiessen (1941), 424 On almost every page, debts to Shakespeare can be discovered.
Matthiessen (1941), 426 Most importantly, through Shakespeare, Melville infused Moby-Dick with a power of expression he had not previously possessed.
Matthiessen (1941), 426 Through Shakespeare, Melville infused Moby-Dick with a power of expression he had not previously possessed.
Matthiessen (1941), 431 Background Autobiographical elements Moby-Dick is based on Melville's actual experience on a whaler.
Quoted in Matthiessen (1941), 429 The prose is not based on anybody else's verse but on "a sense of speech rhythm".
The critic F. O. Matthiessen found that the language of "Shakespeare went far beyond all other influences" upon the book, in that it inspired Melville to discover his own full strength.
Common combinations with matthiessen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in matthiessen 2×