In Defense of Historical Literature: Essays on American History, Autobiography, Drama, and Fiction |
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... example , much of our pleasure in exposition derives from our appreciation of the author's perception of significant order in apparently overwhelming disorder , and the success of his exposi- tion may very well depend on his creation of ...
... example , much of our pleasure in exposition derives from our appreciation of the author's perception of significant order in apparently overwhelming disorder , and the success of his exposi- tion may very well depend on his creation of ...
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... example from Richard Hofstadter's excellent book The Age of Reform : From Bryan to F.D.R. , which won the Pulitzer Prize for 1956 , and which was also well received in the scholarly community . Here our problem seems more complex , for ...
... example from Richard Hofstadter's excellent book The Age of Reform : From Bryan to F.D.R. , which won the Pulitzer Prize for 1956 , and which was also well received in the scholarly community . Here our problem seems more complex , for ...
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... example , in their zeal to justify ( without sanctifying ) the builders of the Bay Colony , seem will- ing to sacrifice this third - generation victim , and both express distinct pleasure in offering him up.1 The second volume of The ...
... example , in their zeal to justify ( without sanctifying ) the builders of the Bay Colony , seem will- ing to sacrifice this third - generation victim , and both express distinct pleasure in offering him up.1 The second volume of The ...
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