In the Met's exhibition catalogue, art historian Emily Braun concludes that 'the
blitheness of his performance might make us shudder'.
This politico-existential, Jean Genet-like, envy of the Maids against the charitable, well-meaning Madam may be targeting the
blitheness of the invulnerable who are about to have a taste of their own medicine.
Notably, Aschenbach's Apollonian upbringing did not offer the youthful
blitheness that he admires in Tadzio, he had "never known youth's idleness, its carefree negligent ways," nor had he enjoyed the conventional male-male camaraderie that he observes between Tadzio and Jasiu.
One article describes the crowd as containing "Christmas revelers," with a suggestion of passivity and
blitheness to their imminent fate (Denson, 2013d, p.
blitheness. [...] It was like walking in one of those autumn mists when
There is a certain
blitheness to the conversations around the current disruption, a kind of "great cycle of life" belief that the old institutions will be weakened and that the new institutions will then automatically take their place.
As mentioned before, the Trojans basically bubble over with carefree
blitheness in the first half of the poem.
Josie was like that too, in her
blitheness, how she acted like the world was her friend.
Yvette had some of the vague, careless
blitheness of She-who-was-Cynthia" (7).
Moreover, the
blitheness of the proposal to eliminate the express requirement hardly contributes to any transparency aim.
If you would enjoy your youth,
blitheness of limb and cheer of spirits, bathe frequently ...
However, it is done with a
blitheness, and often with a lack of self-awareness, that religion in some of its forms deliberately seems to promote, preferring half a loaf of adherence to no bread.
blitheness - a feeling of spontaneous good spirits; "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better"