Why neoclassicism? Politics and culture in eighteenth-century England

British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-101

  Levine, Joseph M ^a  

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EID: 29144487251     PISSN: 0141867X     EISSN: 17540208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-0208.2002.tb00245.x     Document Type: Review

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