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Vicki Nemeth
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Having read more background on later mid-20th-century Canadian poets, I wonder if my previous assessment of this introduction is not critical enough of how much it isn't. The editor scorns McLuhan's detractors in a leet sort of way, but like many Canadian critics, seems less political than the author's, or audience's, original context.
Currently able to sign out a copy on inter-library loan, so reading content now.
— Dec 19, 2025 02:47AM
Currently able to sign out a copy on inter-library loan, so reading content now.
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Vicki Nemeth
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Intro complete. It was not easy to follow and I probably would have been better off going straight into the book (except for the last segment of the intro, which explains how the book is sectioned).
— Jun 16, 2025 06:24PM
Vicki Nemeth
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I'm going to have to read this whole intro twice, aren't I? I accidentally reread the second half of my previous progress, realized how new it sounded, and so reread it all. Then to not lose my original goal, I kept going for one more segment and ended up here. This is a bit simpler, containing some academia drama. I learned a new word: Dunciad! How spirited and opined! Maybe the metaphysics part also wasn't too hard
— Mar 12, 2025 08:31PM
Vicki Nemeth
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It's going to be slow going through the intro, since Marshall's son is not as fun to read as himself. What's more is my library's copy has Local Heritage status, so patrons have reduced privileges for taking it out, if any. Funny... I keep finding out that important Canadians I want to read are either from here or spent enough of their lives here to be thought of that way.
— Dec 25, 2024 03:15PM
