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- ↑ Santesso, Aaron (2006). A Careful Longing: The Poetics And Problems of Nostalgia. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 9780874139457.
- ↑ Chandran, K. Narayan (1992). "Walt Whitman and William Cooper: A Borrowing". Walt Whitman Quarterly Review. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2013.