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My Assignment Is What Every Writer's Assignment Is: Tell The Truth Of His Own Time.

Faulkner Turned Out To Be A Great Teacher. When A Student Asked A Question Ineptly, He Answered The Question With What The Student Had Really Wanted To Know.

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The Text Is Merely One Of The Contexts Of A Piece Of Literature, Its Lexical Or Verbal One, No More Or Less Important Than The Sociological, Psychological, Historical, Anthropological Or Generic.

The Novel Doesn't Come Into Existence Until Certain Methods Of Reproducing Fiction Come Along.