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‘First and foremost a writer of fiction’: revisiting two Toronto novels, Hopkins Moorhouse’s Every Man For Himself and Peter Donovan’s Late Spring

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‘First and foremost a writer of fiction’: revisiting two Toronto novels, Hopkins Moorhouse’s Every Man For Himself and Peter Donovan’s Late Spring. / Smith, Will.
In: British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 28, No. 2, 09.2015, p. 167-186.

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Smith, W 2015, '‘First and foremost a writer of fiction’: revisiting two Toronto novels, Hopkins Moorhouse’s Every Man For Himself and Peter Donovan’s Late Spring', British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 167-186. https://doi.org/10.3828/bjcs.2015.11

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Smith, W. (2015). ‘First and foremost a writer of fiction’: revisiting two Toronto novels, Hopkins Moorhouse’s Every Man For Himself and Peter Donovan’s Late Spring. British Journal of Canadian Studies, 28(2), 167-186. https://doi.org/10.3828/bjcs.2015.11

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Smith W. ‘First and foremost a writer of fiction’: revisiting two Toronto novels, Hopkins Moorhouse’s Every Man For Himself and Peter Donovan’s Late Spring. British Journal of Canadian Studies. 2015 Sept;28(2):167-186. doi: 10.3828/bjcs.2015.11

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Smith, Will. / ‘First and foremost a writer of fiction’ : revisiting two Toronto novels, Hopkins Moorhouse’s Every Man For Himself and Peter Donovan’s Late Spring. In: British Journal of Canadian Studies. 2015 ; Vol. 28, No. 2. pp. 167-186.

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