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- ↑ Wolfe, Graham (2020). Theatre-Fiction in Britain from Henry James to Doris Lessing: Writing in the Wings. Routledge. p. 2. ISBN 9781000124361.
- ↑ Jackson-Schebetta, Lisa (2023). "Theatre-Fiction-History: The Personal and Professional Industry of Theatre in Rojas's El viaje entretenido". In Wolfe, Graham (ed.). The Routledge Companion to Theatre-Fiction. Routledge. pp. 29–41. ISBN 9781032069906.
- ↑ Boselli, Stefano (2023). "Echoes of Theatre Past: Blasco Ibañez's El comediante Fonseca and Cozarinsky's El rufián moldavo". In Wolfe, Graham (ed.). The Routledge Companion to Theatre-Fiction. Routledge. pp. 54–66. ISBN 9781032069906.
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