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the quint : an interdisciplinary quarterly from the north 1 Erwin Erdhardt, III Camille McCutcheon Frances Pheasant-Kelly University of Cincinnati University of South University of the quint volume seven issue four EDITORIAL Peter Falconer Carolina Upstate Wolverhampton ADVISORY University of Bristol BOARD Lorraine Meyer Christian Riegel Brandon University an interdisciplinary quarterly from Peter Geller University of Regina University of the Fraser Valley Ray Merlock the north Moshen Ashtiany University of South Steve Roe Columbia University Carolina Upstate Northern Lights College editor Susan Gold Brenda Austin-Smith University of Windsor Sue Matheson University of Manitoba Antonia Mills, Professor Dan Smith Emeritus ISSN 1920–1028 Peter Gordon University College of the University of Northern North Keith Batterbe Independent Scholar British Columbia University of Turku Robert Spindler John George Hansen Ikuko Mizunoe, Donald Beecher Professor Emeritus University of Innsbruck the quint welcomes submissions. See our guidelines University of Carleton University Saskatchewan Kyoritsu Women’s or contact us at: University Nicholas Tyrras Gerald Bowler Richard Harris the quint Independent Scholar University College of the North Independent Scholar University of Avis Mysyk Saskatchewan P.O. Box 3000 Cape Breton University The Pas, Manitoba Robert Budde Darrell Varga Canada R9A 1K7 University Northern Stella Hockenhull Hisam Nakamura NSCAD British Columbia University of Tenri University Wolverhampton John Butler Andrew Patrick Nelson Gene Walz University College of the Didi Hutchins North University of Montana University of Manitoba University of Alaska (Anchorage) David Carpenter, Sherry Peden Professor Emeritus Robin Waugh University College of the production University of Deborah Lynn Kitchen Wilfred Laurier Saskatchewan Døderlein North Sue Matheson We cannot be held responsible for unsolicited University of Oslo University material Terrence Craig Julie Pelletier Martin Kuester University of Winnipeg Mount Allison David Williams University University of Marburg A quarterly journal, the quint is housed by the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of the University of Manitoba North. The encouragement and support of this project by the Vice President of the University Col- Vincent Pitturo lege of the North is deeply appreciated. Ronald Marken, Denver University Lynn Echevarria Professor Emeritus Yukon College University of Copyright 2015© the quint for the contributors. No part of this publication may be reproduced. Saskatchewan 2 Vol. 7.4 (December 2015) the quint : an interdisciplinary quarterly from the north 3 contents contents EDITORIAL Going South by Sue Matheson...................................................................................................8 Savagery, Buggery, and Bestiality: the "New World" in William Bradford's Of Plymouth Tarnished Dreams and Toxic Waste: The Slippery Meaning of Science and Rectification at Love Plantation by Jim Daems.......................................................................................................160 Canal by Rahima Schwenkbeck................................................................................................9 Mother with Sleeping Child by Jefferson Holdridge...............................................................183 Levant by Jefferson Holdridge.................................................................................................38 Windblown Birch by Sue Matheson........................................................................................185 Dreamtime by Sue Matheson...................................................................................................39 William Styron's True Fiction: Hans Frank and Styron's Sophie's Choice by George Imperial Linguistics: English Hegemony in Brian Friel's Translations by E.C. Koch...............40 Steven Swan..........................................................................................................................186 Golden Arches by Sue Matheson..............................................................................................60 Origins and Ends by Jefferson Holdridge..............................................................................219 Much Depends on Coffee in Westerns--Sometimesby Debbie Cutshaw.....................................61 North by Northeast by Sue Matheson....................................................................................221 Antidote by Jefferson Holdridge..............................................................................................88 On the Relation of Badiou and Zizek to Derrida by Chung Chin-Yi....................................222 Upstreamed by Sue Matheson..................................................................................................90 An Iraqi in England wakes up from a dream by Bushra Juhi Jani...........................................243 "I am driven mad with the printed word: The Poetry of Allen Polite"by Deborah Ford............91 Rounding the Corner by Sue Matheson..................................................................................246 Celebration by Sue Matheson................................................................................................123 BOOK REVIEWS How Weesageechak Lived His Life: an interview with Elder Martin Colomb by Bertha Wonderful in every way by John Butler..................................................................................247 Lathlin..................................................................................................................................124 New takes on classic film noirby William Covey....................................................................251 The Mighty Nelsonby Sue Matheson......................................................................................132 De Palma--a Great Director maybe...by Sue Matheson..........................................................256 A Northern Ninja by Sue Matheson.......................................................................................264 The Heart of a Woman: Re-Envisioning Maya Angelou's "On the Pulse of Morning" and Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" by Kendra N. Bryant..........................................................133 CONTRIBUTORS.............................................................................................265 Kenosis by Jefferson Holdridge...............................................................................................156 SUBMISSION....................................................................................................270 Crossing by Sue Matheson......................................................................................................159 GUIDELINES AND CALL FOR PAPERS..........................................................270 4 Vol. 7.4 (December 2015) the quint : an interdisciplinary quarterly from the north 5 of 1642, Jim Daems’ fascinating study, “Savagery, Buggery, and Bestiality: the “New EDITORIAL World” in William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation” examines the Puritan-colonial mindset at its most extreme. George Steven Swan returns to the quint in “William Styron’s True Fiction: Hans Frank and Sophie’s Choice,” a revealing and enlightening examination Summer is gone, and September has arrived. The eagles and the geese are flying of that author’s use of Nazi war criminals’ statements about Hitler’s genealogy in his through, the latter raiding grain fields and dodging bullets. This fall has proven to be a controversial novel. From Singapore, Chung Chin-Yi shares with us “On the Relation of time of exits and entrances. My co-editor, John Butler has left the University College Badiou and Zizek to Derrida,” is a timely paper, exploring what conclusions can be drawn of the North and the quint. We wish him a very happy and well-deserved retirement when intersections with Badiou’s and Zizek’s phenomenologies and Derrida’s ideas about in Winnipeg as we welcome the quint’s new board of advisor editors, who reflect the the transcendental, the empirical, and aporia are discovered. Finally, William Covey’s journal’s wide-ranging local, regional, national, and international interests and thank exacting review of Robert Miklitsch’s Kiss The Blood Off My Hands, a new collection of Roger Nabess for the quint's new webpage. John has promised to visit the quint from time articles about classic film noir from the University of Illinois Press, should not be missed. to time. We look forward to his return, as UCN's first Senior Scholar. Thisquint’s creative complement is delighted to share with you the beautifully- Celebrating diversity, the quint continues to be a journal for readers who are crafted work of Jefferson Holdridge, a poet with enormous potential (watch for him in interested in many topics and views. This, the twenty eighth issue of the quint, features the years to come). Holdridge's technical control of diction and rhythm is stunningly articles, poetry, and art from Canada, the United States, and aboard. This fall we invite good. We are also deeply honored to be able to premier poems for two new very talented you to consider the environmental issues connected with the Love Canal, language and writers: Brittany N. Kranz, from Texas, and Bushra Juhi Jani, from Iraq, have honoured cultural issues, the importance of a cup of joe, the rediscovery of an important African the quint by debuting their lyrics in this issue. This fall,