Crisis and Creativity in the New Literatures in EnglishGeoffrey V. Davis, Hena Maes-Jelinek Rodopi, 1990 - 529 pages |
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... fact that Nallur is the site of the most celebrated temple of the Hindu God of War , Skanda or Murugan , exalts the conflict to the level of a religious sacrifice : --- now they come bearing weapons the spears of Murugan turned to guns ...
... fact that Nallur is the site of the most celebrated temple of the Hindu God of War , Skanda or Murugan , exalts the conflict to the level of a religious sacrifice : --- now they come bearing weapons the spears of Murugan turned to guns ...
Page 428
... fact that she is " none of your ( retch ) import Poms or whateffers " ( p . 99 ) . The collective identity of her " new people " depends , in part , on common enemies and common antipathies . A cynic might observe that the single fact ...
... fact that she is " none of your ( retch ) import Poms or whateffers " ( p . 99 ) . The collective identity of her " new people " depends , in part , on common enemies and common antipathies . A cynic might observe that the single fact ...
Page 446
... fact Ihimaera's use of the word " war " in a magical way , as a formula to justify brutality , reveals a moral flaw at the heart of The Matriarch . At another point the narrator comments : " In war there are no innocents . No right or ...
... fact Ihimaera's use of the word " war " in a magical way , as a formula to justify brutality , reveals a moral flaw at the heart of The Matriarch . At another point the narrator comments : " In war there are no innocents . No right or ...
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