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Page 73
Literature is a " currency ” between nations only in the sense of “ electrical
currency ” which “ charges ” the spirit . As recently as the 1930s , U . S . customs
agents searched baggage and traveler alike , not for drugs , but for copies of
Henry ...
Literature is a " currency ” between nations only in the sense of “ electrical
currency ” which “ charges ” the spirit . As recently as the 1930s , U . S . customs
agents searched baggage and traveler alike , not for drugs , but for copies of
Henry ...
Page 120
It comes like rain from clouds ; it renews the vital spirit . ” Lu ' s first line is lifted
directly from the conversations of Kung - fu Tze . Each of the following two lines
follows the structure of the first , amplifying its meaning by means of repeated ...
It comes like rain from clouds ; it renews the vital spirit . ” Lu ' s first line is lifted
directly from the conversations of Kung - fu Tze . Each of the following two lines
follows the structure of the first , amplifying its meaning by means of repeated ...
Page 210
He also said in the Knapsack manuscript , “ Saigyo ' s waka , Sogi ' s renga , /
Sesshu ' s sumi , Rikyu ' s tea , - / the spirit which moves them is one spirit . ”
Whether he had arrived at his mature style by that early morning in late March ,
1689 ...
He also said in the Knapsack manuscript , “ Saigyo ' s waka , Sogi ' s renga , /
Sesshu ' s sumi , Rikyu ' s tea , - / the spirit which moves them is one spirit . ”
Whether he had arrived at his mature style by that early morning in late March ,
1689 ...
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The Necessity to Speak | 3 |
Orthodox Heterodox Paradox | 15 |
The Degradation of Money | 27 |
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| Title | A Poet's Work: The Other Side of Poetry |
| Author | Sam Hamill |
| Publisher | Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1998 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 1 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 0887482252, 9780887482250 |
| Length | 229 pages |
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