CreateTextNode escape characters in large text string

I am trying to include the correct characters in an XML document text node:


        request.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(xml));

The xml string is a segment of a large xml file which I have read in:


<firstname>John</firstname>
<dateOfBirth>28091999</dateOfBirth>
<surname>Doe</surname>

The problem is that passing this into createTextNode is replacing some of the charters:


&lt;firstname&gt;John&lt;/firstname&gt;&#13;
&lt;dateOfBirth&gt;28091999&lt;/dateOfBirth&gt;&#13;
&lt;surname&gt;Doe&lt;/surname&gt;&#13;

Is there any way I can keep the correct characters (< , >) in the textnode. I have read about using importnode but this is not correctly XML, only a segment of a file.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

CreateTextNode escape characters in large text string

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