The Arbutus/Madrone Files: Reading the Pacific NorthwestThis lively and perceptive look at the literature of the U.S. and Canadian Pacific Northwest explores the dynamics of the cross-border region using resonant quotations, poetry, song lyrics, and art to demonstrate and enhance Laurie Ricou's critical readings and ideas. |
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... heart , in systolic and diastolic pulse , nourishing one community of two parts , separate but organically interdependent . she is so many women with a common universal experience. The trope of absence was one of their most powerful ...
... heart , in systolic and diastolic pulse , nourishing one community of two parts , separate but organically interdependent . she is so many women with a common universal experience. The trope of absence was one of their most powerful ...
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... heart in a steep place with her wild ways , he could , and did , thank her for this moment " ( 101 ) . Unlike the more subtle and continuous fusion of writer's and sub- jects ' perceptions in Sheila Watson's The Double Hook , the ...
... heart in a steep place with her wild ways , he could , and did , thank her for this moment " ( 101 ) . Unlike the more subtle and continuous fusion of writer's and sub- jects ' perceptions in Sheila Watson's The Double Hook , the ...
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... heart and pearly everlasting , and the carrion weed with its death - scented bloom " ( 140 ) . Kesey does not pause after this list — even in this novel of paus- es , digressions , echoes , and overlaps - to mull over the texture of ...
... heart and pearly everlasting , and the carrion weed with its death - scented bloom " ( 140 ) . Kesey does not pause after this list — even in this novel of paus- es , digressions , echoes , and overlaps - to mull over the texture of ...
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