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On the Fatality of Sentimentalism: A Note on the Perils of Literature in The Good Soldier and The Panel Cover

On the Fatality of Sentimentalism: A Note on the Perils of Literature in The Good Soldier and The Panel

By: Ana Sofia Louro  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/as.189 | Journal eISSN: 2184-6006
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 8, 2024
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Accepted on: Oct 16, 2025
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Published on: Dec 30, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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