Historical Writing

A Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 522-535

  O'Brien, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1002/9781405165327.ch51     Document Type: Chapter

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