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Page 119
... past in the present but also the reconstruction of the past by present observers , the value of historical witnesses , the relationship between interpretation and fact , the importance of understanding the past . On all these questions ...
... past in the present but also the reconstruction of the past by present observers , the value of historical witnesses , the relationship between interpretation and fact , the importance of understanding the past . On all these questions ...
Page 124
... past so that he and his Canadian roommate might understand it , but he must also see that he has participated in and ... past and his percep- tion of the past - of Henry's wasted age , and Miss Rosa's flourishing hatred , and Clytie's ...
... past so that he and his Canadian roommate might understand it , but he must also see that he has participated in and ... past and his percep- tion of the past - of Henry's wasted age , and Miss Rosa's flourishing hatred , and Clytie's ...
Page 138
... past of a region but dramatizes the earnest efforts of several generations to know and understand that past . It is this combination of aims and themes that seems to me to justify Faulkner's difficult method . At any given point , we ...
... past of a region but dramatizes the earnest efforts of several generations to know and understand that past . It is this combination of aims and themes that seems to me to justify Faulkner's difficult method . At any given point , we ...
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