Crisis and Creativity in the New Literatures in EnglishGeoffrey V. Davis, Hena Maes-Jelinek Rodopi, 1990 - 529 pages |
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... Poetry of Edison Mpina Though the career of the Malawian poet Edison Mpina is still in its infancy , it already ... Poetry Today , therefore , is to witness a rapid shift from a quiet poetic statement to a confident assertion about the ...
... Poetry of Edison Mpina Though the career of the Malawian poet Edison Mpina is still in its infancy , it already ... Poetry Today , therefore , is to witness a rapid shift from a quiet poetic statement to a confident assertion about the ...
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... poetry , we make our life . " It is but a step now to a firm re - statement that poetry's pro- venance is not only material but external . While Mpina is as sure about this as he is about anything , it is not an argument he pursues well ...
... poetry , we make our life . " It is but a step now to a firm re - statement that poetry's pro- venance is not only material but external . While Mpina is as sure about this as he is about anything , it is not an argument he pursues well ...
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... poetry is Mpina drives home in equally lumpy manner at the same time reinforcing the idea of its extramural pro- venance : Malawi poetry like any acacia stands on its roots . Fighting the wind . It enters into our eyes as arrows . Into ...
... poetry is Mpina drives home in equally lumpy manner at the same time reinforcing the idea of its extramural pro- venance : Malawi poetry like any acacia stands on its roots . Fighting the wind . It enters into our eyes as arrows . Into ...
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