Self-Reflexive Materialities in Contemporary American Fiction
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عنوان ژورنال: Matlit Revista do Programa de Doutoramento em Materialidades da Literatura
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2182-8830
DOI: 10.14195/2182-8830_4-2_17