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    Obscure Invitations: The Persistence of the Author in Twentieth-Century American Literature Industry and the Creative Mind: The Eccentric Writer in American Literature and Entertainment, 1790-1860

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    Jennifer Brady
    American Literature (2014) 86 (3): 621–623.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2717308
    Published: 01 September 2014
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