SOURCE: Billingslea, Oliver. “Why Does the Oiler ‘Drown’? Perception and Cosmic Chill in ‘The Open Boat.’” American Literary Realism 27, no. 1 (fall 1994): 23-41.
In the following essay, Billingslea investigates the question of whether perception can alter what is seen and its importance to “The Open Boat.”
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