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The king's speech: metalanguage of nation, man and class in anecdotes about George III1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2012

CAROL PERCY*
Affiliation:
Department of English, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St George Street, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5R 2M8, Canadacarol.percy@utoronto.ca

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