Absence of a segment of society in a sense falsifies literature,
for a major merit of literature is that it broadens and
deepens experiences. Furthermore, a great literature is
relevant to people and to society as they are, and American
literature surely is not relevant if it ignores 10 per cent
of the Americans [Rose, 1968].
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