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References
- 1 2 Day, Gary; Lynch, Jack (eds.). The encyclopedia of British literature, 1660-1789. p. 893. ISBN 9781118607268. OCLC 965475332.
- 1 2 Villegas López, Sonia (2003). Narrative levels in The Inhumane Cardinal (1696) by Mary Pix. Sociedad Hispano-Portuguesa de Estudios Renacentistas Ingleses= Sociedade Hispano-Portuguesa de Estudos Renascentistas Ingleses = Spanish and Portuguese Society for English Renaissance Studies. OCLC 800704657.
- ↑ Moore, Steven, 1951-. The novel : an alternative history, 1600-1800. ISBN 9781441188694. OCLC 835951204.
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