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Digital Literary Mapping: I. Visualizing and Reading Graph Topologies as Maps for Literature

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Digital Literary Mapping: I. Visualizing and Reading Graph Topologies as Maps for Literature. / Bushell, Sally; Butler, James O.; Hay, Duncan et al.
In: Cartographica, Vol. 57, No. 1, 31.03.2022, p. 11-36.

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Bushell, S, Butler, JO, Hay, D & Hutcheon, R 2022, 'Digital Literary Mapping: I. Visualizing and Reading Graph Topologies as Maps for Literature', Cartographica, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 11-36. https://doi.org/10.3138/cart-2021-0008

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Bushell, S., Butler, J. O., Hay, D., & Hutcheon, R. (2022). Digital Literary Mapping: I. Visualizing and Reading Graph Topologies as Maps for Literature. Cartographica, 57(1), 11-36. https://doi.org/10.3138/cart-2021-0008

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Bushell S, Butler JO, Hay D, Hutcheon R. Digital Literary Mapping: I. Visualizing and Reading Graph Topologies as Maps for Literature. Cartographica. 2022 Mar 31;57(1):11-36. Epub 2022 Mar 15. doi: 10.3138/cart-2021-0008

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Bushell, Sally ; Butler, James O. ; Hay, Duncan et al. / Digital Literary Mapping : I. Visualizing and Reading Graph Topologies as Maps for Literature. In: Cartographica. 2022 ; Vol. 57, No. 1. pp. 11-36.

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