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4. ‘‘Changed and Queer’’: Henry James and the Surrealization of America 4. 《变而酷儿》:亨利·詹姆斯与美国的超现实化

Virtual Americas Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9780822384045-005

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9. Virtual Americas: Cyberpastoral, Transnationalism, and the Ideology of Exchange 9. 虚拟的美洲:网络牧区、跨国主义和交换意识形态

Virtual Americas Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9780822384045-010

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Virtual Americas Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9780822384045-012

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5. From Decadent Aesthetics to Political Fetishism: The ‘‘Oracle Effect’’ of Frost’s Poetry 5. 从颓废美学到政治拜物教:弗罗斯特诗歌的“神谕效应”

Virtual Americas Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9780822384045-006

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3. ‘‘Bewildering Intertanglement’’: Melville’s Engagement with British Tradition 3.“令人困惑的纠缠”:梅尔维尔与英国传统的接触

Virtual Americas Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9780822384045-004

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Virtual Americas Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9780822384045-fm

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1. Virtual Subjects: Transnational Fictions and the Transatlantic Imaginary 1. 虚拟主体:跨国小说和跨大西洋想象

Virtual Americas Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9780822384045-002

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6. Virtual Eden: Lolita, Pornography, and the Perversions of American Studies 6. 虚拟伊甸园:洛丽塔，色情和美国研究的变态

Virtual Americas Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9780822384045-007

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7. Crossing the Water: Gunn, Plath, and the Poetry of Passage 7. 《渡海:葛恩、普拉斯与通行诗》

Virtual Americas Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9780822384045-008

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8. Virtual Englands: Pynchon’s Transatlantic Heresies 8. 虚拟的英格兰:品钦的跨大西洋异端

Virtual Americas Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9780822384045-009

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