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Criticism—Authorship—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Literature—History and criticism—Theory, etc.—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Dissertations, Academic—Authorship—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 4. English language—Rhetoric—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 5. Essay—Authorship—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 6. Academic writing—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Durant, Alan.  \nII. Title.  \nPE1479.C7F33 2005 808′.0668—dc22  \n2004060175  \nAll rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without either the prior written permission of the Publishers or a licence permitting restricted copying in the United Kingdom issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd,  \n90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. 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