The Tree of Meaning

Author: Robert Bringhurst
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1582435057

The Tree of Meaning: Language, Mind and Ecology

APoems, where I come from," writes Robert Bringhurst, Aare spoken to be written and written to be spoken. Get The Tree of Meaning literature books for free.
The Tree of Meaning is a book of critical prose composed in the same way." Together, these thirteen lectures present a superbly grounded approach to the study of language, focusing on storytelling, mythology, comparative literature, humanity, and the breadth of oral culture. Bringhurst's commitment to what he calls Aecological linguistics" emerges in his studies of Native American art and storytelling, his understanding of poetry, and his championing of a more truly universal conception of what constitutes literature.

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