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Specters of the Mind: Ghosts, Illusion, and Exposure in Paul Leni’s The Cat and the Canary 心灵的幽灵:保罗·莱尼的《猫与金丝雀》中的鬼魂、幻觉和暴露
ReFocus: The Films of Paul Leni Pub Date : 2015-11-12 DOI: 10.5040/9781501304729.ch-004
Simone Natale
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