What are the chances of running into the word bildungsroman twice in one crapometer?.    From Wordnik.com.  [HH Com 399] Reference

If nothing else, I would like to determine for myself whether Demanski's view of the possibilities of the modified bildungsroman is a sound one or not.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book Reviewing] Reference

Morally he scarcely improves over the course of the novel I've seen it described as a bildungsroman, but I'm not convinced Gully develops enough to merit that.    From Wordnik.com.  [:Acquired Taste] Reference

The German word bildungsroman is used to describe what we English-speakers know as a.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheGloss] Reference

On "Spirited Away"--Miyazaki is a master of the female bildungsroman, which is not a common genre.    From Wordnik.com.  ["You Fascinate Me": Interesting Women in Film, 4] Reference

Cooking, in other words, was a kind of bildungsroman for civilization itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines] Reference

In the '' bildungsroman '', the protagonist must deal with adversity and conflict.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

I also love that your website is called bildungsroman.    From Wordnik.com.  [slayground: Interview: Marcy Dermansky] Reference

It was actually romance or bildungsroman or Women's Fiction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chime in on Christian Chick Lit: Which CCL Novel or Author Rocks Your Girly-World?] Reference

It's the bildungsroman form of Heinlein's book that makes it work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strange Fiction 8] Reference

Although young and out seeking truths, Prue's story is no bildungsroman.    From Wordnik.com.  [HH Com 399] Reference

What follows is an outline of the five books that contributed to my bildungsroman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference

Patrick Rothfuss creates a fascinating bildungsroman with his The Name of the Wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stromata Blog:] Reference

This sounds YA, but you use words like dystopia and bildungsroman, so I assume it's not.    From Wordnik.com.  [HH Com 399] Reference

An effortless and self-assured bildungsroman that more than delivers on the promise of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Namesake: Summary and book reviews of The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri.] Reference

I learned a new word in researching this article, the bildungsroman, or coming-of-age novel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Character Development Novels] Reference

The New York Times called Twins "(a) brainy, emotionally sophisticated bildungsroman-for-two.".    From Wordnik.com.  [slayground: Interview: Marcy Dermansky] Reference

It doesn't work like that; in a bildungsroman, the main character's development is always central.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bildungsroman fantasy] Reference

If you like your bildungsroman to include military academies and the fight against racism, well this one is for you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Songs of the south] Reference

Under Perkins' direction, the novel became more of a traditional bildungsroman focusing on the coming of age of Eugene.    From Wordnik.com.  [GOING HOME AGAIN (AGAIN)] Reference

A perfect combination film noire cat and mouse, interstellar diplomatic shenanigans, an AI bildungsroman, and fart jokes.    From Wordnik.com.  [MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2008 (Part 2)] Reference

The events do, however, need a certain intrinsic probability to them, which is why bildungsroman are easier when mundane.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bildungsroman fantasy] Reference

Paul Theroux, My Secret History - Another bildungsroman that follows the development of a writer from adolescence to adulthood.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Englishman in Dixie] Reference

It is a bildungsroman focused on a young girl named Nell and set in a world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planet-x.com.au » Real SF -The Diamond Age – Neal Stephensen NEW – A young ladys illustrated primer] Reference

But in a bildungsroman, the conflict is between the young character's ignorance and ill-formed character and what he needs to learn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bildungsroman fantasy] Reference

But unfortunately for Bob the Builder and Joe the Plumber, we don't have time for a building year -- or a presidential bildungsroman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rip Empson: Obama's Updated Fireside Chats, Sports Analogies, and Change in Washington] Reference

In the typical bildungsroman, we closely follow the major events of a young person's life and see how they form the adult she becomes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book Reviewing] Reference

The story was something of a bildungsroman, a growing-up tale for me.    From Wordnik.com.  [ Analysis] Reference

And not only is it doing very well on the Cinecultist is a fan, calling the film "a bildungsroman for the emo set.".    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenCine Daily] Reference

Patel tells his Dickensian bildungsroman in episodic flashback, explaining how he knew the answer to each question.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ultrabrown] Reference

The result is not just a first-rate sports memoir but a genuine bildungsroman, darkly funny yet also anguished and soulful.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference