Ellen RaskinTwayne Publishers, 1991 - 120 pages |
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Page 72
... capri . " This " capri " is not the Italian island ( though this enters the picture , too ) , but rather a place that somehow metaphorically resembles the caprifig tree . In the fig fruit's growth cycle , the desirable , sweet fig is ...
... capri . " This " capri " is not the Italian island ( though this enters the picture , too ) , but rather a place that somehow metaphorically resembles the caprifig tree . In the fig fruit's growth cycle , the desirable , sweet fig is ...
Page 78
... Capri , Miguel de Caprichos diagnoses Mona as self - centered and dreamless . Self - centeredness has kept her from being a lov- ing child to her family , for example . While she was still a victim of faulty perception ( she didn't want ...
... Capri , Miguel de Caprichos diagnoses Mona as self - centered and dreamless . Self - centeredness has kept her from being a lov- ing child to her family , for example . While she was still a victim of faulty perception ( she didn't want ...
Page 80
... Capri but reluctance to leave his family ap- pears to parallel the author's feelings . Although Raskin had cre- ative outlets that Flo lacked , though she wrote when her hands could no longer work at the woodcuts and pointillism of her ...
... Capri but reluctance to leave his family ap- pears to parallel the author's feelings . Although Raskin had cre- ative outlets that Flo lacked , though she wrote when her hands could no longer work at the woodcuts and pointillism of her ...
Contents
Biographical Sketch | 1 |
Illustrations for Others | 11 |
Words arent everything | 31 |
Copyright | |
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