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Indecorum, compromised authority and the sovereign body politic in “The Fortunes of Nigel” and “The Heart of Mid-Lothian” 《奈杰尔的财富》和《中洛锡安之心》中的独立、妥协的权威和主权政治体

Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2018-12-18 DOI: 10.18172/JES.3321

A. Cousins, Dani Napton

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A.S. Byatt and the “perpetual traveller”: a reading practice for new British fiction 拜厄特与“永远的旅行者”:新英国小说的阅读实践

Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2018-12-18 DOI: 10.18172/JES.3450

N. Flynn

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