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Canadian primal : poets, places, and the music of meaning /

"Meaning is all around us, but because of the way we live as moderns, we are mostly unable to perceive it. Or so say the Thinking and Singing poets, one of the most remarkable gatherings of artist-thinkers in Canada since the Group of Seven. They are Robert Bringhurst, Dennis Lee, Tim Lilburn,...

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Main Author:	Dickinson, Mark, 1973- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Meaning (Philosophy) in literature. Poets, Canadian > 20th century > Biography. Canadian poetry > 20th century > History and criticism. Poets, Canadian (English) > 20th century > Biography. Biographies.

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