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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2023

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Information: The Cambridge Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Novel and Politics , pp. 350 - 355

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009030274.030 [Opens in a new window]

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Print publication year: 2023

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