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Interlude, p. 113
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The Trojan War without Homer was nothing more than a battle over trade routes.

— B. W. Powe

What It Means

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B. W. Powe

About B. W. Powe

Bruce William Powe (born 23 March 1955 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian writer poet, novelist, essayist, philosopher, and teacher. He received his Ph.D from York University in October 2009. He currently teaches English in the Department of English at York University. His courses there have included Visionary Literature: from Hildegard von Bingen and Dante to Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, and Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye.