Romanticizing the empire: The naval heroes of Southey, Coleridge, Austen, and Marryat

Modern Language Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-196

  Fulford, Tim ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 60949423419     PISSN: 00267929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00267929-60-2-161     Document Type: Review

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