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COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS IN SSfS, VOLUME 16, WERE REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING PERIODICALS:

Cather Studies, v. 2, 1993. Copyright (c) 1993 by the University of Nebraska Press. Reproduced by permission of the University of Nebraska Press.— Mark Twain Journal, v. xxi, Winter, 1981–1982. Reproduced by permission.—Modern Fiction Studies, v. 28, 1982. Reproduced by permission.—New York Review of Books, v. xl, August 12, 1993. Copyright (c) 1993 by NYRV, Inc. Reproduced by permission.

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Alter, Iska. From “The Broader Canvas: Malamud, the Blacks, and the Jews,” in The Good Man’s Dilemma. AMS Press, Inc., 1981. Copyright (c) 1981 by AMS Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Buranelli, Vincent. From “Fiction Themes,” in Edgar Allan Poe. Twayne Publishers, 1977. Copyright (c) 1977 by Twayne Publishers. All rights reserved.—Gerber, Philip. From “Cather’s Shorter Fiction: 1892–1948,” in Willa Cather. Twayne Publishers, 1995. Copyright (c) 1995 by Twayne Publishers. All rights reserved.— Kelly, Richard. From “The World of the Macabre: The Short Stories,” in Daphne du Maurier. Twayne Publishers, 1987. Copyright (c) 1987 by Twayne Publishers. All rights reserved.—Martin, Terence. From “Rip, Ichabod, and the American Imagination,” in Washington Irving: The Critical Reaction. AMS Press, Inc., 1993. Copyright (c) 1993 by AMS Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Meyering, Sheryl L. From “The Diamond Mine,” in A Reader”s Guide to the Short Stories of Willa Cather. G. K. Hall and Co., 1994. Copyright (c) 1994 by G.K. Hall and Co. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Wilson, James D. From “The Invalid’s Story,” in A Reader’s Guide to the Short Stories of Mark Twain. G. K. Hall and Co., 1987. Copyright (c) 1987 by G. K. Hall and Co. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Young, Philip. From “Fallen from Time: The Mythic ‘Rip Van Winkle,’” in Washington Irving: The Critical Reaction. AMS Press, Inc., 1993. Copyright (c) 1993 by AMS Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.

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Allende, Isabel. From a cover of The Stories of Eva Luna. By Isabel Allende. Bantam Books, Inc., 1992. Cover art (c) 1991 by Leo and Diane Dillon. Reproduced by permission of Bantam Books, Inc., a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.—Allende, Isabel, photograph by William C. Gordon. Reproduced by permission of Isabel Allende.—Cather, Willa, photograph. Hulton/ Getty Images. Reproduced by permission.—Chandra, Vikram, photograph by Jerry Bauer. Reproduced by permission.—Du Maurier, Daphne, photograph. Popperfoto/Getty Images. Reproduced by permission.— Dust Bowl, photograph. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.—Eastman, George, photograph. Hulton/Getty Images. Reproduced by permission.—García Márquez, Gabriel, photograph. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.—Group of Elderly Chinese men playing Chinese chess, photograph by Richard Bickel. Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Indian Troops, photograph by David Kennerly. Corbis Images. Reproduced by permission.—Irving, Washington, photograph. The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.—Malamud, Bernard, photograph by Jerry Bauer. Reproduced by permission.––Man dressed as Sherlock Holmes, photograph. Getty Images. Reproduced by permission.—McClure’s Magazine (cover). Special Collections Library, University of Michigan. Reproduced by permission.— Poe, Edgar Allan, photograph. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.—Porter, Katherine Anne, photograph by Paul Porter. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.—Singer, Isaac Bashevis, photograph. UPI/Corbis-Bettmann. Reproduced by permission.—Tan, Amy Ruth, photograph. Getty Images. Reproduced by permission.— Twain, Mark, photograph. The Library of Congress.