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Main Author:	Vermeule, Blakey
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Fiction > Psychological aspects. Characters and characteristics in literature. Psychology and literature. Reader-response criticism. English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.

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