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In Pursuit of Ethics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

Lawrence Buell
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Special Topic: Ethics and Literary Study
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PMLA , Volume 114 , Issue 1: Special Topic Ethics and Literary Study Introduction by Lawrence Buell , January 1999 , pp. 7 - 19
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1999

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