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Marcuse, Michael J. A Reference Guide for English Studies. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. Martinez, Nancy C. , and Erland Anderson. "Byron, George Gordon, Lord," RestorationRomantic. Vol. III of Guide to British Poetry Explication. K. Hall; Oxford: Maxwell Macmillan, 1993. Pp. 90-111. Meurs, Jos Van, with John Kidd. Jungian Literary Criticism, 1920-1980: An Annotated, Critical Bibliography of Works in English (with a Selection of Titles After 1980). Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1988.
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