The eighteenth-century invention of english literature: A truism revisited

British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-62

  Terry, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61949135650     PISSN: 0141867X     EISSN: 17540208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-0208.1996.tb00194.x     Document Type: Article

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