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Contents Acknowledgments xi The American Shore, An Author’s introduction xiii A Road along the Shore: An introduction to The American Shore by Matthew Cheney xix The Pretext 1 The Refused Text 5 The Context 25 The Diffused Text 35 exotexts: 1. Auctorial interfaces 185 2. The Textual object 190 3. A Privileged Chronicity 191 4. Problematic Texts 197 5. originary Assumptions 204 Index 209 ...

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