Dissenting Puritans: Mythological Resignification in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Scarlet Letter"
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عنوان ژورنال: Amerikastudien/American Studies
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0340-2827,2625-2155
DOI: 10.33675/amst/2020/4/7