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Fictions of Legibility Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839447208-fm

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The Soul-Stripped Body: Alfred Döblin’s Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929) 被剥夺灵魂的身体:阿尔弗雷德Döblin的柏林亚历山大广场(1929)

Fictions of Legibility Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9783839447208-007

Alfred Döblin

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The Body in Perspective: Sophie von La Roche’s Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim (1771) 《透视中的身体:索菲·冯·拉罗奇的geschhte des frauleins von Sternheim》(1771)

Fictions of Legibility Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9783839447208-004

Sophie von La

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Acknowledgments 致谢

Fictions of Legibility Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9783839447208-001

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Historical Background 历史背景

Fictions of Legibility Pub Date : 1967-01-31 DOI: 10.1515/9781400876242-005

Vera St. Erlich

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