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Journal of American Studies / Volume 21 / Issue 02 / August 1987, pp 292-292
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Jane Tompkins, Sensational Designs: The Cultural Work of American Fiction, 1790–1860 (New York: O.U.P., 1985, £22.50). Pp. 236. ISBN 0 19 503565 8

Derek Pollard August 1987
Journal of American Studies, ,Volume21, Issue02, August 1987 pp 292-292
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Derek Pollard (1987). Review of Jane Tompkins 'Sensational Designs: The Cultural Work of American Fiction, 1790–1860' Journal of American Studies, 21, pp 292-292. doi:10.1017/S0021875800029406.

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