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Deprived of the support of “ civilized crowds , ” they progress from homesickness to preoccupation and then boredom with “ art , ” in the form of cheap novels , lo slave trading , and finally to murder and suicide .
Deprived of the support of “ civilized crowds , ” they progress from homesickness to preoccupation and then boredom with “ art , ” in the form of cheap novels , lo slave trading , and finally to murder and suicide .
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... within a literary and political tradition that admired rebellion and independence , yet confronted by the restrictions of upper - class New England , Twain felt a tension which finally erupted in an increasingly punitive satire .
... within a literary and political tradition that admired rebellion and independence , yet confronted by the restrictions of upper - class New England , Twain felt a tension which finally erupted in an increasingly punitive satire .
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Only her voice and her bones were left , till finally her voice alone remained ; for her bones , they say , were turned to stone . " She then hid forever , and only her voice still lives . Narcissus , who had scorned all admirers ...
Only her voice and her bones were left , till finally her voice alone remained ; for her bones , they say , were turned to stone . " She then hid forever , and only her voice still lives . Narcissus , who had scorned all admirers ...
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Contents
NORMA PROCOPIOW | 1 |
KEIKO BEPPU and M TERESA TAVORMINA | 20 |
SUSAN FROMBERG SCHAEFFER | 41 |
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