This is an analysis of the literary art of recapturing the past as the artist perceives it. By clearly distinguishing different ways of creating a past--in fiction, history, and other arts--Toliver enriches our understanding of literary strategies."The Past that Poets Make" examines such questions as how a fictional narrative differs from other ways of seeing a past time, to what extent literature is nontemporal, transcending its time, and to ...
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