Elif Batuman

For a Nabokov fan, paging through 'Fine Lines,' which includes a critical introduction and several essayistic evaluations of Nabokov's scientific oeuvre, can feel a bit like reading the second half of 'Pale Fire': one is confronted by a content-rich, almost dementedly tangential commentary on an increasingly inscrutable work.

American Author

Paul Di Filippo

Certainly the highest posthumous praise that can be conferred upon any writer is the assertion that his or her writing permanently altered the literary landscape for the better, opening new textual doors and engaging new readers. That the author's oeuvre was essential and irreplaceable and transformative.

American Writer

Christopher Moore

You know, a vampire book is not a book to be the vehicle for big themes and stuff, where sometimes when you're dealing with art or the life of Christ or the oeuvre of Shakespeare, you know, it's a little more ambitious.

Anita Shreve

A house with any kind of age will have dozens of stories to tell. I suppose if a novelist could live long enough, one could base an entire oeuvre on the lives that weave in and out of an antique house.

Sandra Bernhard

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

American Actress

Gulzar

People mostly associate Tagore only with Gitanjali. That is the mistake they make. Gitanjali is just one per cent of his oeuvre.

Indian Poet

Rider Strong

Maybe that's the whole teen oeuvre, you know covering people in disgusting bodily fluids and whatnot.

American Actor

Refers specifically to the collective works produced by one creator over a lifetime.

Collected Works

Often used in scholarly contexts when discussing the full scope of a creator's work.

Academic Study

Used to examine changes in an artist's style or themes across different works.

Evolution of Style

Refers to a single work within the broader collection of an artist's creations.

Specific Work

Indicates a work's place within the timeline of an artist's creative phases.

Creative Periods

Highlights the development or change of themes in an artist’s individual work.

Evolving Themes

 was a huge proponent of this theory, though none of these works had surfaced. So van Meegeren decided to make one. He called it "The Supper at Emmaus." Bredius declared van Meegeren’s fake the masterpiece of Vermeer’s oeuvre.

The art forger who...

 In his write-up of this experiment in his book, Kinsey wrote, "Two sheets were laid down to protect the oriental carpets." Which is my second favorite line in the entire oeuvre of Alfred Kinsey.

Oeuvre