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- ↑ Fulton, Thomas (2009). "Review of John Milton: Life, Work, and Thought by Gordon Campbell and Thomas N. Corns". Renaissance Quarterly. 62 (4): 1386–1388. doi:10.1086/650136. ISSN 0034-4338.
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