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- 1 2 3 Watney, John (1992). "Titus Awakes: Introduction" in: Titus Alone. Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press. pp. 357–358. ISBN 0-87951-427-2.
- ↑ Winnington, G. Peter (2011). "Titus Awakes by Maeve Gilmore" . Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ↑ Peake, Mervyn (1992). Titus Alone. Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press. p. 362. ISBN 0-87951-427-2.
- ↑ Mills, Alice (2005). Stuckness in the Fiction of Mervyn Peake. Rodopi. p. 154. ISBN 90-420-1708-2.
- ↑ Sandow, Chris (2004). "Titus Awakes" . Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ↑ Peake, Sebastian (18 January 2010). "Titus Groan Rises Again!". The Guardian . Retrieved 23 February 2011.
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