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References
- ↑ Ewa Urbaniak-Rybicka, "Confessions of a Dispassionate Witness: Jane Urquhart's The Underpainter", Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives. Accessed 11 May 2013
- ↑ Neta Gordon, "The Artist and the Witness: Jane Urquhart’s The Underpainter and The Stone Carvers", Studies in Canadian Literature, Volume 28, Number 2 (2003). Accessed 11 May 2013
- ↑ Marlene Goldman, Review of The Underpainter, Canadian Literature: a Quarterly of Criticism and Review (Summer/Autumn 1999). Accessed 11 May 2013
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