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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 76
Page 47
... languages and per- ception . Few writers in English have a detailed knowledge of a native lan- guage , but many reach for a form , or syntax , or method that will evoke another language with its different . way of knowing . In the ...
... languages and per- ception . Few writers in English have a detailed knowledge of a native lan- guage , but many reach for a form , or syntax , or method that will evoke another language with its different . way of knowing . In the ...
Page 48
... language will seem absurd gestures . The relative crudity and obviousness of his literary adaptations of another language redefine this central artistic problem for writers in the Northwest and suggest the strengths and weak- nesses of ...
... language will seem absurd gestures . The relative crudity and obviousness of his literary adaptations of another language redefine this central artistic problem for writers in the Northwest and suggest the strengths and weak- nesses of ...
Page 153
... language indigenous to a particular locale . But in her writing down an indigenous language which does not yet exist , Le Guin profoundly questions this dream of an origi- nal language and frees each translator into ignorance . Where ...
... language indigenous to a particular locale . But in her writing down an indigenous language which does not yet exist , Le Guin profoundly questions this dream of an origi- nal language and frees each translator into ignorance . Where ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Afterfile Anthology arbutus arbutus/madrone Asian BC Studies berries blue heron border boundary Bringhurst British Columbia Canada Canadian Literature Cascadia cedar Chinook colour cross-border culture David David James Duncan David Wagoner ecological edge Emily Carr Erks Essays Excerpt fiction File fish Folklore forest Grainger green Hodgins Hodgins's imagine Indian intertidal Jack Jack Hodgins Japanese Keeble Keeble's Ken Kesey Kesey Collection Kesey's land landscape language literary living loggers madrone maps Marlatt metaphor migration mother mountain narrative Nations Native No-No Boy North Northwest writing novel Obasan ocean Okada oral Oregon Pacific Northwest permission place names Plate poem poet political rain Raven reader region reminder Richard Hugo River Robert Robert Bringhurst salal salmon Sasquatch Seattle sense silence Steveston story talk tell tion Tom Robbins Toronto translation tree Trower Washington West Coast Winter woodswords words Yellowfish York