This book springs from the Bristol-Sheffield Hallam Colloquium on Contemporary... Læs mere
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Examines selected works in the American literary tradition from an evolutionary perspective. Using an interdisciplinary framework to pose new questions about... Læs mere
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Presents a translation of Professor Andrei Zorin's Kormya Dvuglavogo Orla. This collection of essays... Læs mere
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