Dec 29, 2009

The Turn of the Twentieth Century: 1880-1920 - Short Fiction | The Turn of the Twentieth Century: 1880-1920 - Short Fiction

Introduction

Until the early nineteenth century, short prose fiction was primarily a vehicle for didactic messages, often religious in nature. Romantic writers, wishing to preserve the old values without the religious dogma and mythological trappings, secularized the old stories by presenting them as basic psychic processes. The ballad tale that had previously existed as received story now became infused with the subjectivity of the teller. The famous collaboration of William Wordsworth and

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The Turn of the Twentieth Century: 1880-1920 - Short Fiction | The Turn of the Twentieth Century: 1880-1920 - Short Fiction

Introduction

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