If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundStories come in many forms, from nursery rhymes and national anthems to poems and praise songs, and from the stories of science to the rituals of religion.They tell us where we come from, and where we belong; how to live and sometimes how to die.They hold us together, and they keep us apart.And all of them bring reality and the imagination together in what J. Edward Chamberlin calls a ceremony of belief. Drawing on his experiences in Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, Chamberlin takes the reader on an absorbing journey through communities and cultures around the world. |
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... poet Seamus Heaney felt when he visited an ancient burial site in Denmark . The bodies , remarkably well preserved in the peat bog and showing clear signs of ritual sacrifice , reminded him of his native Northern Ireland and the ...
... poet Seamus Heaney felt when he visited an ancient burial site in Denmark . The bodies , remarkably well preserved in the peat bog and showing clear signs of ritual sacrifice , reminded him of his native Northern Ireland and the ...
Page 94
... poet Derek Walcott in a poem about the travels of Odysseus after the fall of Troy and the funeral of Hector . To expect comfort from a bunch of words " is like telling mourners around the graveside about resurrection . They want the ...
... poet Derek Walcott in a poem about the travels of Odysseus after the fall of Troy and the funeral of Hector . To expect comfort from a bunch of words " is like telling mourners around the graveside about resurrection . They want the ...
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... poets do : renewing language , refreshing metaphor , restor- ing deep contradictions . The poets Michael Ondaatje and Lorna Goodison use cinnamon and onions instead of roses , bringing new surprises , from Sri Lanka and Jamaica ...
... poets do : renewing language , refreshing metaphor , restor- ing deep contradictions . The poets Michael Ondaatje and Lorna Goodison use cinnamon and onions instead of roses , bringing new surprises , from Sri Lanka and Jamaica ...
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If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground J. Edward Chamberlin Limited preview - 2010 |
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