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Unit IV: Variations and Departures, 1870-1915

Week 14: Perplexities

Please READ:

  • Bret Harte 346-354
  • Ambrose Bierce 355-362
  • "Story of American English" p. 363
  • Stephen Crane 386-92; 872-75
  • Please also finish The Red Badge of Courage for this week's class.

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