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Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 20   AIL 1942 short lesson, about 20 seconds

McKay in Two Bands

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The idea

A Jamaican-born writer publishing in New York counts in both large tradition bands. That is not a difficulty to resolve; it is how the weightings work. Unit one's observation that bands cross rather than add is the whole explanation.

In practice

One writer, both large bands.

Where people slip

Not a difficulty to resolve.

Your place on the trail

Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.

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