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    The Practical Vision: Essays in English Literature in Honour of Flora Roy
    The Practical Vision: Essays in English Literature in Honour of Flora Roy
    The Practical Vision: Essays in English Literature in Honour of Flora Roy
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    The Practical Vision: Essays in English Literature in Honour of Flora Roy

    By Jane Campbell and James Doyle

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    The Practical Vision: Essays in English Literature in Honour of Flora Roy contains essays offered as a tribute on the occasion of Dr. Flora Roy’s retirement as a Canadian university teacher of English.

    These essays reflect the literary interests and administrative activities of Dr. Roy and demonstrate the relationship between literature and the perennial human urge to achieve understanding and control of both the subjective and objective worlds.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilfrid Laurier University Press
    Release dateJul 4, 1978
    ISBN9780889208674
    The Practical Vision: Essays in English Literature in Honour of Flora Roy

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