The Main Lines of American LiteratureRaymond Wright Short, Wilbur Stewart Scott |
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... story tie together , they have taken to their aid the traditions of the Jews ; for the Christian mythology is made ... story more derogatory to the Almighty , more inconsistent with his wis- dom , more contradictory to his power , than ...
... story tie together , they have taken to their aid the traditions of the Jews ; for the Christian mythology is made ... story more derogatory to the Almighty , more inconsistent with his wis- dom , more contradictory to his power , than ...
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... story , and what it went to prove ? The story - teller , who was just putting a glass of wine to his lips , as a refreshment after his toils , paused for a moment , looked at his inquirer with an air of infinite defer- ence , and ...
... story , and what it went to prove ? The story - teller , who was just putting a glass of wine to his lips , as a refreshment after his toils , paused for a moment , looked at his inquirer with an air of infinite defer- ence , and ...
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... Story of a Country Town , which he printed himself in 1883 , unable to place the manuscript with established publishers . Howells and others had already established realism in fiction , but that of Howe's work is so severe that it may ...
... Story of a Country Town , which he printed himself in 1883 , unable to place the manuscript with established publishers . Howells and others had already established realism in fiction , but that of Howe's work is so severe that it may ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 20 | 20 |
NATHANIEL WARD 330 | 30 |
Copyright | |
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