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Cowart, David, 1947-
History and the contemporary novel.

(Crosscurrents/modern critiques/third series)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.

1. History and literature. 2. Fiction -- 20th
century -- History and criticism. 3. Historical
fiction -- History and criticism. I. Title.
II. Series: Crosscurrents/modern critiques. Third
series.

PN3343.C68 1989 809.3'9358 88-18230

ISBN 0-8093-1479-7

Part of chapter 4 originally appeared under the title "Being and Seeming:
The White Hotel." NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction, vol. 19, no. 3. Spring 1986.
Copyright NOVEL Corp., 1987. Reprinted with permission.

"The Persian Version" from Collected Poems, 1975, by Robert Graves.
Copyright © 1975 by Robert Graves. Reprinted by permission of Oxford
University Press, Inc., and A.P. Watt, Ltd., on behalf of the executors of
the Estate of Robert Graves.

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