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 123
... writers telling us that to know the forest you need to under- stand the language of the woods as workplace . surely anticipates the development of an iden- tifiable body of logging poetry : his ( tentative ) Getting to know woodswords ...
... writers telling us that to know the forest you need to under- stand the language of the woods as workplace . surely anticipates the development of an iden- tifiable body of logging poetry : his ( tentative ) Getting to know woodswords ...
Page 128
... poetry in which the workers ' register is also an aesthetic vehicle tests ... logging and its verbal forms what Robert Kroetsch did with the languages of ... logging is a bit like poetry . As a logger poet , Trower has written a great ...
... poetry in which the workers ' register is also an aesthetic vehicle tests ... logging and its verbal forms what Robert Kroetsch did with the languages of ... logging is a bit like poetry . As a logger poet , Trower has written a great ...
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... logging work force ( at turn of cen- tury ) to nearly 50 per cent of workers ... poetry . In the United States , this dis- tinction within the nation - state ... logging poetry is its most visible strain , and , because of logging's ...
... logging work force ( at turn of cen- tury ) to nearly 50 per cent of workers ... poetry . In the United States , this dis- tinction within the nation - state ... logging poetry is its most visible strain , and , because of logging's ...
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