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References
- ↑ Charles Brockden Brown (2009) [1799]. Philip Barnard; Stephen Shapiro (eds.). Ormond; or, the Secret Witness With Related Texts. Hachette Publishing. ISBN 9781603841252.
- ↑ Christophersen, Bill (1980-04-01). "Charles Brockden Brown's "Ormond": The Secret Witness as Ironic Motif". Modern Language Studies. 10 (2): 37–41. doi:10.2307/3194242. ISSN 0047-7729. JSTOR 3194242.
- ↑ Drexler, Michael J.; White, Ed (2009). "Secret Witness; or, the Fantasy Structure of Republicanism". Early American Literature. 44 (2): 333–363. doi:10.1353/eal.0.0066. ISSN 1534-147X.
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