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Article: FINNO-UGRIC & BALTIC LANGUAGES.(Review)(Brief Article)
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- World Literature Today
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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Markku Envall. Paiva katedraalissa ja muita esseita. Helsinki. WSOY. 1998. 226 pages. FIM 150. ISBN 951-0-22994-6.
Markku Envall's second collection of essays is centered on a year he spent in Colchester, England, on sabbatical at the university there. Some of the fifteen subjects are closely connected with his stay, such as those dealing with English ways and language: "Walks in Colchester," "Mixed Class," "I mean you know," and the title piece, "A Day in the Cathedral." Other essays are loosely connected with England, including "Superstore," "Safety," and "Incomparable" (about one's homeland). A few have little or no connection with England, ...