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- ↑ I. Ousby, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (CUP 1995) p. 641
- ↑ M. Seymour-Smith, Thomas Hardy (London 1994) p. 849-50
- ↑ I. Ousby, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (CUP 1995) p. 641
- ↑ J. C. Brown, A Journey into Thomas Hardy's Poetry (London 1989) p. 162
- ↑ J. Lucas, Modern English Poetry: From Hardy to Hughes (London 1986) p. 47
- ↑ M. Seymour-Smith, Thomas Hardy (London 1994) p. 848
- ↑ I. Ousby, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (CUP 1995) p. 641
- ↑ J. Lucas, Modern English Poetry: From Hardy to Hughes (London 1986) p. 48 and p. 33
- ↑ H. Lee, Virginia Woolf (London 1996) p. 319
