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Nyctopolis, the City of Darkness. / Dunn, Nick.
"Invisible Cities" and the Urban Imagination. ed. / Benjamin Linder. London: Palgrave, 2022. p. 337-348 (Literary Urban Studies).

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Dunn, N 2022, Nyctopolis, the City of Darkness. in B Linder (ed.), "Invisible Cities" and the Urban Imagination. Literary Urban Studies, Palgrave, London, pp. 337-348. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13048-9_26

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Dunn, N. (2022). Nyctopolis, the City of Darkness. In B. Linder (Ed.), "Invisible Cities" and the Urban Imagination (pp. 337-348). (Literary Urban Studies). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13048-9_26

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Dunn N. Nyctopolis, the City of Darkness. In Linder B, editor, "Invisible Cities" and the Urban Imagination. London: Palgrave. 2022. p. 337-348. (Literary Urban Studies). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-13048-9_26

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Dunn, Nick. / Nyctopolis, the City of Darkness. "Invisible Cities" and the Urban Imagination. editor / Benjamin Linder. London : Palgrave, 2022. pp. 337-348 (Literary Urban Studies).

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