In Defense of Historical Literature: Essays on American History, Autobiography, Drama, and Fiction |
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... present to us . Bad history can be written with grace and wit , but so long as it is " bad " its art cannot be consummate . 2 Thus we reject the contradictory notion that a literary success may require or condone historical error . For ...
... present to us . Bad history can be written with grace and wit , but so long as it is " bad " its art cannot be consummate . 2 Thus we reject the contradictory notion that a literary success may require or condone historical error . For ...
Page 87
... present in the forest , he would not treat them even so civilly as he does during the rest of his life . It is the spectral quality of the experience - both its uncertainty and its unforgettable impression - that makes the doubt ...
... present in the forest , he would not treat them even so civilly as he does during the rest of his life . It is the spectral quality of the experience - both its uncertainty and its unforgettable impression - that makes the doubt ...
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... 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 Faulkner's ...
... 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 Faulkner's ...
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