In Defense of Historical Literature: Essays on American History, Autobiography, Drama, and Fiction |
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... discussion of the subject . The very triumph of professionalism encourages blindness to central professional ... discussion of the qualities of historical prose rarely occurs , and when it does occur it causes almost as much ...
... discussion of the subject . The very triumph of professionalism encourages blindness to central professional ... discussion of the qualities of historical prose rarely occurs , and when it does occur it causes almost as much ...
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... Discussion of central rhetorical issues may seem to them to encourage the manipulation of evidence , the suppression of evidence for artistic effect , the bending of truth to the purposes , however lofty , of amusement - in short , to ...
... Discussion of central rhetorical issues may seem to them to encourage the manipulation of evidence , the suppression of evidence for artistic effect , the bending of truth to the purposes , however lofty , of amusement - in short , to ...
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... discussion is an essay by Cleanth Brooks in the Spring 1963 issue of The Yale Review , but in the last decade essays by William Richard Poirier , Ilse Linde , Joshua McClennen , Cyrille Arnavon , and Olga Vickery have also devoted ...
... discussion is an essay by Cleanth Brooks in the Spring 1963 issue of The Yale Review , but in the last decade essays by William Richard Poirier , Ilse Linde , Joshua McClennen , Cyrille Arnavon , and Olga Vickery have also devoted ...
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