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 124
... verse to match . Logging poetry seldom neglects the opportu- nity for hyperbolic action , subtlety of charac- terization be damned . The sense of action and style of excess are compressed in the loggers ' vocabulary Swanson glosses at ...
... verse to match . Logging poetry seldom neglects the opportu- nity for hyperbolic action , subtlety of charac- terization be damned . The sense of action and style of excess are compressed in the loggers ' vocabulary Swanson glosses at ...
Page 139
... verse- se - paragraphs , the poem moves from uneasy observation ( the heron's wings " tattered " ) , to metaphysical reflection ( the speaker senses her own identification with heron ) and fear , to discovery ( through the speaker's ...
... verse- se - paragraphs , the poem moves from uneasy observation ( the heron's wings " tattered " ) , to metaphysical reflection ( the speaker senses her own identification with heron ) and fear , to discovery ( through the speaker's ...
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... Verse in American Indian Narrative " New Literary History : A Journal of Theory and Interpretation 8 : 3 ( Spring 1977 ) ( Baltimore : Johns Hopkins UP ) : 431-457 . Hymes , Dell " Some North Pacific Coast Poems : A Problem in ...
... Verse in American Indian Narrative " New Literary History : A Journal of Theory and Interpretation 8 : 3 ( Spring 1977 ) ( Baltimore : Johns Hopkins UP ) : 431-457 . Hymes , Dell " Some North Pacific Coast Poems : A Problem in ...
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