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remember that by definition
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we're looking at works by survivors,
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whose sense of horror was tempered perhaps
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by a bit of relief.
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If it were possible to have works by the victims,
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perhaps the scenes would be even more wrenching.
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There are also aspects that aren't mentioned
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in the literature and are unknowable,
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but perhaps probable.
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What happened to those who suffered from the plague
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and then were recovered?
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Was their fertility affected?