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References
- ↑ Carter Martin. "The Genesis of O'Connor's "The Partridge Festival"". The Flannery O'Connor Bulletin. 10: 46-53.
- ↑ Gary M. Ciuba. "Exposing the Victim and Victimizing the Exposé". Flannery O'Connor Review. 13: 60-77.
- ↑ Richard Giannone, Flannery O'Connor, hermit novelist (University of Illinois Press, 2000)
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