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Bruccoli, Matthew J. "Textual Variants in Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt." Studies in Bibliography 11 (1958): 263-68.

Clark, Walter H., Jr. "Sinclair Lewis and J.F. Powers: A Comparison of Babbitt and Morte D'Urban." Sinclair
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Eby, Clare Virginia. "Babbitt as Veblenian Critique of Manliness." American Studies 34.2 (1993): 5-23.

—. "Extremely Married': Marriage as Experience and Institution in The Job, Main Street, and Babbitt." Sinclair
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