Prologue: Fictional Characters: Psychoanalytic and Literary Perspectives
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychoanalytic Inquiry
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0735-1690', '1940-9133']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07351690.2023.2221623