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- Notes
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- ↑ Kleinhenz 62-64.
- ↑ Bondanella 255.
- ↑ La letteratura italiana vol. 1, pag. 109, Edizione speciale per il Corriere della Sera, R.C.S. Quotidiani S.p.A., Milano 2005; Titolo dell'opera originale: Natalino Sapegno ed Emilio Cecchi (diretta da) Storia della letteratura italiana, Garzanti Grandi opere, Milano 2001 e De Agostini Editore, Novara 2005, ISSN 1824-9280
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