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Patricia Hampl would go further, claiming that “The Crack-up” should be recognized as signaling “a fundamental change in American consciousness”{{sfn|Hampl|2002|p=108|}}She sees these essays as a “sharp pivot,” a change in narrative style that was a forerunner of American autobiographical writing: | Patricia Hampl would go further, claiming that “The Crack-up” should be recognized as signaling “a fundamental change in American consciousness”{{sfn|Hampl|2002|p=108|}}She sees these essays as a “sharp pivot,” a change in narrative style that was a forerunner of American autobiographical writing: | ||
{{quote|The publication of the ‘Crack-Up’ essays looks now like a sharp pivot, marking a fundamental change in American conscious- ness and therefore in narrative voice, an evident moment when the center of authorial gravity shifted from the ‘omniscience’ af- forded by fiction’s third person to the presumption (accurate or not) of greater authenticity provided by the first-person voice with all its limitations.’{{sfn|Hampl|2002|p=108|}} | {{quote|The publication of the ‘Crack-Up’ essays looks now like a sharp pivot, marking a fundamental change in American conscious- ness and therefore in narrative voice, an evident moment when the center of authorial gravity shifted from the ‘omniscience’ af- forded by fiction’s third person to the presumption (accurate or not) of greater authenticity provided by the first-person voice with all its limitations.’}}{{sfn|Hampl|2002|p=108|}} |
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