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Aphra Behns Oroonoko and the Blank Spaces of Colonial Fictions Author(s): Albert J. Rivero Reviewed work(s): Source: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 39, No. 3, Restoration and Eighteenth Century (Summer, 1999), pp. 443-462 Published by: Rice University Stable URL: hypertext transfer protocol://www.jstor.org/stable/1556214 . Accessed: 28/10/2011 07:31
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