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HIghlands, Lakes, Wales. / Bainbridge, Simon.
The Cambridge Companion to the Romantic Sublime. ed. / Cian Duffy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. p. 117-128.

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Bainbridge, S 2023, HIghlands, Lakes, Wales. in C Duffy (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Romantic Sublime. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 117-128. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009026963.012

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Bainbridge, S. (2023). HIghlands, Lakes, Wales. In C. Duffy (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Romantic Sublime (pp. 117-128). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009026963.012

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Bainbridge S. HIghlands, Lakes, Wales. In Duffy C, editor, The Cambridge Companion to the Romantic Sublime. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2023. p. 117-128 doi: 10.1017/9781009026963.012

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Bainbridge, Simon. / HIghlands, Lakes, Wales. The Cambridge Companion to the Romantic Sublime. editor / Cian Duffy. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023. pp. 117-128

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