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Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning: An Annotated Bibliography for 1977

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Victorian Literature and Culture , Volume 7 , Spring 1979 , pp. 159 - 172
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A. PRIMARY WORKS

• A77:1Harper, J.W., ed. Men and Women and Other Poems. [See A75:3.]Google Scholar
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• A77:4Peckham, Morse, ed. Robert Browning's Sordello: A Marginally Emendated Edition. Troy, N.Y.: Whitston Publishing Co., 1977.* ¶ Rev. by VP, 15 (Winter 1977), 382.Google Scholar

B REFERENCE AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL WORKS AND EXHIBITIONS

• B77:1 “Additions to the Collection (March-December 1976).” Armstrong Browning Library Newsletter, No. 16 (Spring 1977), p. 3.Google Scholar
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C BIOGRAPHY, CRITICISM, AND MISCELLANEOUS

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