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Poet, Friend, and poetry: The idealized image of love in Shakespeare's sonnets

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    Catherine R. Lewis M.A.

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Lewis, C.R. Poet, Friend, and poetry: The idealized image of love in Shakespeare's sonnets. Am J Psychoanal 45, 176–190 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01250262

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