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Howard, June.
Form and history in American literary naturalism.
Includes index.
1. American fiction -- History and criticism.
2. Naturalism in literature. I. Title.
PS374.N29H68 1985 813'.009'12 85-1005
ISBN 0-8078-1650-7
Part of Chapter 1 appeared in somewhat
different form in Critical Exchange,
no. 14 (Fall 1983): 70-80, and was
reprinted in The New Orleans Review
11, no. 1 (Spring 1984): 52-58.

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