... ; nevertheless a broad and necessarily summary comparison between the novel and previous literary forms reveals an important difference: Defoe and Richardson are the first great writers in our literature who did not take their plots from mythology, history, legend or previous literature. In this they differ from Chaucer, ... can no longer trust anyone because signs--people, objects, words--no longer have the obvious meaning they had before the event. But the story must move inevitably towards closure, which in the realist novel involves some dissolution or resolution of the enigma: the ...

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... instruments as he used to play in his hometown, the fact that allowed its dynamic rhythms and his fantastic vocal sound became popular with the great contribution of ''scat'' (where the voice starts dropping words into conventional syllables, reproducing the nuances of instrumental improvisation). In addition, Armstrong was not ... recording session, the sheet music fell on the floor and this spontaneity, was incorporated into his music, time later. As we can see, this great cornetist and trumpeter had a prominent appreciation in many facets, but apart from everything mentioned before, a...

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