In Defense of Historical Literature: Essays on American History, Autobiography, Drama, and Fiction |
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... statement must include concern for the substance as well as the manner or form of statement . Let us begin , then , with this premise : In formal history the highest literary art is that combination of clear understanding and exposition ...
... statement must include concern for the substance as well as the manner or form of statement . Let us begin , then , with this premise : In formal history the highest literary art is that combination of clear understanding and exposition ...
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... statement . Irony is the most obvious example of discourse that does not mean what it literally says . ( How are we to interpret Mr. Hofstadter's description of George Washington Plunkitt as " the sage of Tammany Hall " ? ) But there is ...
... statement . Irony is the most obvious example of discourse that does not mean what it literally says . ( How are we to interpret Mr. Hofstadter's description of George Washington Plunkitt as " the sage of Tammany Hall " ? ) But there is ...
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... statement describing Franklin's own effort to propagate a new set of reli- gious beliefs , to establish a new sect which he proposed , charac- teristically , to call The Society of the Free and Easy . “ In this Piece [ a book to be ...
... statement describing Franklin's own effort to propagate a new set of reli- gious beliefs , to establish a new sect which he proposed , charac- teristically , to call The Society of the Free and Easy . “ In this Piece [ a book to be ...
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