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- 1 2 New Americanist Series at Duke University Press.
- 1 2 Dartmouth faculty website Archived 2013-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 'Whose American Renaissance'
- ↑ Racheal Fest, "Legacies of the Future: An Interview with Donald E. Pease", boundary 2 (2018), 45 (2): 221–242.
- ↑ “Review of Theodor SEUSS Geisel by Donald E. Pease”
- ↑ Donald E. Pease, “Dr. Seuss in Ted Geisel’s NeverNever Land” PMLA 126.1 (2011), 197
- ↑ Williams, Jenny. "Review: Take a Deeper Look at Theodor SEUSS Geisel". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028 . Retrieved 2023-08-11.
- ↑ ASA Awards website
- ↑ Dartmouth Press Release Archived November 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Re-"Learning How to Teach American Literature through Dartmouth's EdX Program". Dartmouth, June 26, 2015.
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