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40AristophanesPisthetaerus’ regim
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42Voltaireand its alternatives in h
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44Voltaireonly by allowing evil—a
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Don Quixote(Miguel de Cervantes),.
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Don Quixote51reading Don Quixote. H
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Don Quixote53a school of poets aros
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Edgar Allan Poe’s Short Stories(E
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66Mary Shelleyare initially bored b
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68Mary Shelleyto achieve the shock,
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70Mary Shelleythe grotesque, and it
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72Mary ShelleyThe grotesquerie cont
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74Mary ShelleyFortunately, the Crea
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76Flannery O’ConnorDi Renzo) incl
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84Flannery O’ConnorMrs. Freeman
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Gulliver’s Travels( Jonathan Swif
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Gulliver’s Travels89lost to the n
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Gulliver’s Travels91of this incid
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Gulliver’s Travels93When Swift, i
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Gulliver’s Travels95raged on pape
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Henry IV, Part 1(William Shakespear
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Henry IV, Part 199More directly cha
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Henry IV, Part 1103Is room enough:
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Henry IV, Part 1105the theft, Henry
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110Dante Alighierimay be related to
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King Lear(William Shakespeare),.“
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King Lear117the mind by a sight of
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King Lear119cities, mutinies; in co
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King Lear121daughters thy mother: f
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King Lear123To Lear his words are e
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King Lear125indignity and incongrui
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King Lear127. . . five fiends have
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King Lear129our imaginations are mo
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King Lear131heroic and picturesque,
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136Franz KafkaGrotesqueness as a ph
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138Franz Kafkaboss noisily demandin
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140Franz Kafkawhen he tries to turn
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142Franz Kafka“Implacably the fat
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Miss Lonelyhearts147the State (199)
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156Mark Twaininseparable from affir
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158Mark Twainestate always. We—
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162Mark TwainAs in the case of the
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164Mark TwainSatan’s closing word
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The Overcoat169an intolerable blow
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The Overcoat171have died because he
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Revelation179in a story remote or i
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Revelation181firm guidelines: “.
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Revelation183identity, not only aga
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Revelation185her own blueprint, an
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190Luigi Pirandellomoment; and more
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192Luigi Pirandelloleave Mother whe
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194Luigi Pirandellogrotesque aesthe
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196Luigi Pirandellochairs scattered
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Winesburg, Ohio201blessings of huma
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Winesburg, Ohio205From the story
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210 AcknowledgmentsVoltaire. “Opt
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212IndexBolingbroke, Henry, 45, 46,
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218IndexThomson, Philip, 13-14Tires