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This final chapter retraces questions of gender, writing, art, and the nature of humanity that have recurred throughout this project. It also offers additional avenues for exploration in and around wax.
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Maxwell, L.M. (2019). Epilogue: A Figure of Wax. In: Wax Impressions, Figures, and Forms in Early Modern Literature. Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16932-9_7
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