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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2022

Kara Wittman
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Pomona College, California
Evan Kindley
Affiliation:
Pomona College, California
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  • Further Reading
  • Edited by Kara Wittman, Pomona College, California, Evan Kindley, Pomona College, California
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to The Essay
  • Online publication: 27 October 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009022255.019
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  • Further Reading
  • Edited by Kara Wittman, Pomona College, California, Evan Kindley, Pomona College, California
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to The Essay
  • Online publication: 27 October 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009022255.019
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