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The Best-Written Saga and the Absence of its Author 写得最好的传奇与作者的缺席

In Search of the Culprit Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI: 10.1515/9783110725339-012

Margrét Eggertsdóttir

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Index of Manuscripts 手稿索引

In Search of the Culprit Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI: 10.1515/9783110725339-016

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Figures and Charts 数字及图表

In Search of the Culprit Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI: 10.1515/9783110725339-013

S. Björnsson, S. P. Kárason

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The Primal Scribe 原始抄写员

In Search of the Culprit Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI: 10.1515/9783110725339-003

Lukas Rösli

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Conceptions of Authorship 作者的概念

In Search of the Culprit Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI: 10.1515/9783110725339-011

Madita Knöpfle

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“… who is the author of this book?” “……这本书的作者是谁?”

In Search of the Culprit Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI: 10.1515/9783110725339-002

Jürg Glauser

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A Theory of Early Modern Authorship 早期现代作者理论

In Search of the Culprit Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI: 10.1515/9783110725339-009

Gudrun Bamberger

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The ‘Heteronomous Authorship’ of Icelandic Saga Literature 冰岛传奇文学的“异主作者”

In Search of the Culprit Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI: 10.1515/9783110725339-004

S. Gropper

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Shakespeare’s Medieval Co-Authors 莎士比亚中世纪的合著者

In Search of the Culprit Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI: 10.1515/9783110725339-010

Matthias Bauer, Angelika Zirker

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In Search of the Culprit. Aspects of Medieval Authorship 寻找罪魁祸首。中世纪作者身份方面

In Search of the Culprit Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI: 10.1515/9783110725339-001

Lukas Rösli, S. Gropper

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