LETTERS vs Augustus
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LETTERS
LETTERS is a 1979 epistolary novel by American author John Barth that integrates a complex metafictional structure. The narrative is constructed from correspondence among characters from his previous works, including The End of the Road and The Sot-Weed Factor. The book is a prominent example of postmodern literature, using its self-reflexive format to examine American history and storytelling con...
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Augustus
John Williams's Augustus, published in 1972, reconstructs the life of Rome's first emperor through fictional letters, diary entries and documents. The American author's historical novel won the National Book Award for Fiction. Its epistolary form lets different figures describe events from their own positions, so the portrait of Augustus emerges through competing loyalties and incomplete knowledge...
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