English, 11.02.2020 00:49, Eska12

Romantic literature dominated American arts and letters up until the end of the 19th century. In "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences" Twain discusses how Cooper's writing fails because Cooper's writing focuses more on imagination than on any sort of logic or realistic depictions.

How does Twain avoid these "literary offences" in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and why is this avoidance significant?

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