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The Southern Lady, or the Art of Dissembling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2009

Cherry Good
Cherry Good
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Lecturer in American Studies and Literature at the Colchester Institute and at the Department of Literature, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, England.
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Journal of American Studies , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , April 1989 , pp. 72 - 77
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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