Narcissism and the Confederate dead cannot be connected logically, or even historically; even were the connection an historical fact, they would not stand connected as art, for no one experiences raw history.
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- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: american
- Born: November 19, 1899
- Died: February 9, 1979
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