If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundDrawing upon the narratives of Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, this collection of essays explores the relationships between territories, peoples and the stories and songs that give meaning to our lives. |
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CHAPTER FIVE Derek Walcott's cautionary words are from the title poem of Sea
Grapes ( 1976 ) and “ The Schooner Flight ” ( The Star - Apple Kingdom [ 1979 ] )
; Don McKay's poem is from Apparatus ( 1997 ) ; lain Crichton Smith asks his ...
CHAPTER FIVE Derek Walcott's cautionary words are from the title poem of Sea
Grapes ( 1976 ) and “ The Schooner Flight ” ( The Star - Apple Kingdom [ 1979 ] )
; Don McKay's poem is from Apparatus ( 1997 ) ; lain Crichton Smith asks his ...
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Doctorow , E. L. , 34 , 139 Dodson , Patrick , 106 Dome of the Rock ( Jerusalem ) ,
52 “ Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep " ( poem ) , 180–81 , 184 , 250 “ Don't
fence me in , ” 38 doodling , 8 , 29 , 32 , 131 Dorze people , 171 , 249 doubt , 25 ...
Doctorow , E. L. , 34 , 139 Dodson , Patrick , 106 Dome of the Rock ( Jerusalem ) ,
52 “ Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep " ( poem ) , 180–81 , 184 , 250 “ Don't
fence me in , ” 38 doodling , 8 , 29 , 32 , 131 Dorze people , 171 , 249 doubt , 25 ...
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See also specific exemplars of ( e.g. Cayuga people ) destruction of tribes of , 40
–41 individual and society , 213–215 Inferno , Book One of The Divine Comedy (
book - length poem ) , 94 infinity , 203–5 , 243 , 249 , 251. See also “ A place ...
See also specific exemplars of ( e.g. Cayuga people ) destruction of tribes of , 40
–41 individual and society , 213–215 Inferno , Book One of The Divine Comedy (
book - length poem ) , 94 infinity , 203–5 , 243 , 249 , 251. See also “ A place ...
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| Title | If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground |
| Author | J. Edward Chamberlin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 2006 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 2 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 1857548493, 9781857548495 |
| Length | 271 pages |
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