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    "description": "<h3>Bibliographic clarification</h3>\n<p>The publisher's current citation title is <em>Post-Interpretive Criticism: Volume I - The Foundational Essays</em>. The title page of the unchanged deposited PDF (PDF page 3) reads <em>Post&ndash;Interprative Criticism: Volume I</em>, with the subtitle <em>Foundational Essays (Collected Doctrines, Treaties, Theories, and Application)</em>. The cover uses <em>Post-Interpretive Criticism</em>. These are title variants of this deposited work; the corrected publisher citation does not alter or purport to transcribe the PDF title page.</p>\n<p>The copyright page (PDF page 4) states first publication by Museum of One in 2025, First edition, and prints ISBN 978-1-0698203-0-3. The April 2026 date identifies repository release v5, not a new book edition. 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