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Further Reading

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 March 2017

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Steven Belletto

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Steven Belletto: Affiliation:
Lafayette College, Pennsylvania

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Information: The Cambridge Companion to the Beats , pp. 279 - 283

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316877067.020 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2017

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