In Defense of Historical Literature: Essays on American History, Autobiography, Drama, and Fiction |
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Page 31
... important literary decisions . Whether or not these decisions are made intentionally , they need to be examined by any criticism that aspires to understand the art of history : What principle of order does the historian find in his ...
... important literary decisions . Whether or not these decisions are made intentionally , they need to be examined by any criticism that aspires to understand the art of history : What principle of order does the historian find in his ...
Page 45
... important to the reconstruction of a plausible and just version of the event . Let us consider the evidence . We have no diaries by either Increase or Cotton Mather for the year 1674 , but Jeremy Bel- knap , the eighteenth - century ...
... important to the reconstruction of a plausible and just version of the event . Let us consider the evidence . We have no diaries by either Increase or Cotton Mather for the year 1674 , but Jeremy Bel- knap , the eighteenth - century ...
Page 136
... important fact than the crude generalization that he made the trip . The very lack of explanation in Sutpen's own account is a fact of considerable importance , but only to someone who seeks to understand character and cause . It is ...
... important fact than the crude generalization that he made the trip . The very lack of explanation in Sutpen's own account is a fact of considerable importance , but only to someone who seeks to understand character and cause . It is ...
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