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Who is James Fenton from Into the Heart of Borneo and what is their importance? Into_the_Heart_of_Borneo English & Literature James Fenton | Into the Heart of Borneo

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English poet and former Oxford professor of poetry. James Fenton, was born in 1948. As an adult, he quickly gained renown as a literary critic and journalist. Like O'Hanlon, Fenton is an adept comic writer, but he is also a series student of theater and song.

As one of the books protagonist, Fenton appears to be the lazier of the two, and his own internal narrative is rarely featured. Although he completes the trip.... something we don't always believe is the case, Fenton lacks O'Hanlon's sense of adventure and interest if the landscape.

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Into the Heart of Borneo