... a "deviant, unrepresentative experience discoverable in much female, ethnic and working class writing- . Of course this statement is not intended to derogate from their writing rather to point out that not all facets of society have been fairly represented throughout history. The canon was rather a result of "concurrence of norms and standards-. The contention has been somewhat dispelled by the present aim to ... condition. It is when the text reaches out touching the majority of the readers with such relevant metaphors that its popularity and reproducibility becomes inevitable. It could...

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Most of Nathaniel Hawthorne's writing has effectiveness of its genre and historical accuracy of a reconstruction of well-known themes but it binds him to his familiar Puritanical setting in an aggressive tone. His best piece of work, though, does not come in a parable or allegorical genre as doesThe Minister's Black Veil? andYoung Goodman Brown?. In these genres the characters and settings are not developed and its theme is ... his talent and appropriately proved his skills in his rather thorough development of character, theme, setting, and plot. Hawthorne's risk of expanding his style to a ...

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... , "I found that research a shattering experience. I could not believe that there were so many families were out there coping with probably the most difficult illness that I can think of. Sons and daughters were developing really bizarre symptoms, so that their behaviour was disorganised and very frightening, but their parents were getting no help or support. Instead, they got terrible ... appears as a direct quote from Leggatt and Deveson's choice to include this draws in the reader's sympathetic response and blurs the boundaries between narrative and non-fictional genres, as it is one of...

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