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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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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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