In Defense of Historical Literature: Essays on American History, Autobiography, Drama, and Fiction |
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... recognizing that the historian's first obligation is to be as accurate and as just as possible . Factual and interpretative ... recognize the usefulness of techniques borrowed from cognate forms such as fiction without suffering the ...
... recognizing that the historian's first obligation is to be as accurate and as just as possible . Factual and interpretative ... recognize the usefulness of techniques borrowed from cognate forms such as fiction without suffering the ...
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... recognizes the cruelty in her innocence , which the dark heroine aptly compares to " a sharp steel sword . ” For a time , moreover , he seems to recognize the pretentiousness in this " daughter of the Puritans , " who first refuses ...
... recognizes the cruelty in her innocence , which the dark heroine aptly compares to " a sharp steel sword . ” For a time , moreover , he seems to recognize the pretentiousness in this " daughter of the Puritans , " who first refuses ...
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... recognize what is valuable in all the accounts and should condone and forget what is false . He should also recognize that the novel not only reconstructs crucial events in the past of a region but dramatizes the earnest efforts of ...
... recognize what is valuable in all the accounts and should condone and forget what is false . He should also recognize that the novel not only reconstructs crucial events in the past of a region but dramatizes the earnest efforts of ...
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