awayness


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awayness

(əˈweɪnəs)
n
the state of not being in a specific place
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Noun1.awayness - the state of being elsewhere than in particular place
absence - the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"
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they do not feel an awayness from you except in the matter of sight and sound and touch .
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Huck's practical topographical awareness and his American geography are informed by the North-South axis, pre-eminently as well as more practically by the 'up' and 'down' the river, with the troubled/ing awayness from home-(town), the individually constructed true genius loci of the book at the back of his mind throughout.
The dis-closure of Huckleberry Finn. Natura Naturata vs. Lumen Naturale, ligthing out vs. Lichtung (1)

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