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245 04 $aThe best American essays of the century /$cJoyce Carol Oates, editor ; Robert Atwan, coeditor ; with an introduction by Joyce Carol Oates.
260 $aBoston :$bHoughton Mifflin Co.,$cc2000.
300 $a596 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [569]-590).
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520 $aFifty five unforgettable essays by the finest American writers of the twentieth century.
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