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James Wood
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Other side of silence: rereading W. G. Sebald
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elegiac
(en)
relating to or characteristic of an elegy.
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The tone is elegiac, muffled, but also curiously intense
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The tone is elegiac, muffled, but also curiously intense
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locution
(en)
(noun) a particular form of expression or a peculiarity of phrasing / (noun) a word or expression characteristic of a region, group, or cultural level / (noun) style of discourse; phraseology
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Sebald employs the the antique, somewhat 'literary' locution of 'soul'
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Sebald employs the the antique, somewhat 'literary' locution of 'soul'
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