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Page 184
... Major chooses a modular ap- proach . In No ( 1973 ) two voices pass the action back and forth , and the entire narrative is structured by a new metaphor for the black ex- perience . The narrator observes of himself and his wife , " I ...
... Major chooses a modular ap- proach . In No ( 1973 ) two voices pass the action back and forth , and the entire narrative is structured by a new metaphor for the black ex- perience . The narrator observes of himself and his wife , " I ...
Page 185
... Major's two voices , following the action " as time took up space just happen- ing . " His hero would be an " escapee , " but finds freedom only when he is no longer " a victim . " The climax to his largely imagina- tive tale , and ...
... Major's two voices , following the action " as time took up space just happen- ing . " His hero would be an " escapee , " but finds freedom only when he is no longer " a victim . " The climax to his largely imagina- tive tale , and ...
Page 225
... Major's arresting sentences and paragraphs . A word , image , or scene which occurs within the narrative leads the reader directly back to the substance of Major's own writing . All attention is confined within the pages of the book ...
... Major's arresting sentences and paragraphs . A word , image , or scene which occurs within the narrative leads the reader directly back to the substance of Major's own writing . All attention is confined within the pages of the book ...
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