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From the Bloody Chamber to the Cabinet de Curiosités: Angela Carter's Curious Alices Through the Looking Glass of Languages 《从血腥的密室到奇思妙想的内阁》:安吉拉·卡特的《语言镜中的爱丽丝》

Marvels and Tales Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.13110/MARVELSTALES.30.2.0284

de la Rochère, M. H. Dutheil

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Enchanted Eloquence: Fairy Tales by Seventeenth-Century French Women Writers (review) 迷人的口才:17世纪法国女作家的童话(书评)

Marvels and Tales Pub Date : 2012-07-01 DOI: 10.5860/choice.48-6169

B. V. L. Marchand

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The Collected Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Giuseppe Pitrè (review) 《朱塞佩西西里民间童话选集》Pitrè(回顾)

Marvels and Tales Pub Date : 2009-07-01 DOI: 10.5860/choice.46-3726

Francisco Vaz da Silva

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Biting Back: Safe Space and Animal Desire in Margo Lanagan's Tender Morsels (2008) 《反咬:玛戈·拉纳根的《嫩块》中的安全空间和动物欲望

Marvels and Tales Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.13110/MARVELSTALES.35.1.0062

Van Eecke

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Artwork: The Mouse Queen 艺术品:鼠后

Marvels and Tales Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.13110/marvelstales.34.1.0054

Heather J. Colbert

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Artwork: 200 Years of the Nutcracker 艺术品:《胡桃夹子》200年

Marvels and Tales Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.13110/marvelstales.34.1.0012

Rileigh Young