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The Many Cri(s)es of Mia In memoriam, to Rodica 米娅的许多哀号为了纪念罗迪卡

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2022-0022

C. Florescu

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Ut pictura poesis: Ekphrasis, Genre Painting and Still Life in Virginia Woolf, Margaret Atwood and Alice Thompson 但图片诗:在弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫，玛格丽特·阿特伍德和爱丽丝·汤普森的Ekphrasis，风俗画和静物

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2022-0003

E. Ciobanu

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Lineage versus Affect in Shakespeare’s, Brontë’s, and Faulkner’s Representations of Family Systems 莎士比亚，Brontë和福克纳的家庭制度表现中的血统与情感

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2022-0006

J. Peacock

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Editor’s Note: New and Old Crises: Postcards from the Floating World 编者按:新旧危机:来自浮动世界的明信片

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2022-0001

Alexandra Mitrea

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Here Be Dragons: The Evolution of Cyberspace from William Gibson to Neal Stephenson 龙在此:从威廉·吉布森到尼尔·斯蒂芬森的网络空间的演变

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2022-0005

Pol Donets, Nataliya Krynytska

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Reviews: Sir Gawayn and the Grene Knyght – Sir Gawain și Cavalerul cel Verde. Translated by Mircea M. Tomuș. Cluj-Napoca: Editura Școala Ardeleană, 2021. pp. vi, 350. 50 RON (softcover). ISBN: 978-606-797-644-1

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2022-0013

A. Crişan

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Transnationalizing Ecocritical Studies in Arab Diasporic Fiction: A Case Study of Fadia Faqir’s My Name Is Salma 阿拉伯流散小说中的跨国生态批评研究——以法迪亚·法基尔的《我叫萨尔玛》为例

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2022-0010

E. Mukattash

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Ontology and Ecological Aesthetics in Jeanette Winterson’s Art & Lies 珍妮特·温特森《艺术与谎言》中的本体论与生态美学

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2022-0002

Qateralnada Melhem

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Nighttime Invasions, Colonial Dispossession, and Indigenous Resilience in Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse 理查德·瓦加梅塞的《印第安马》中的夜间入侵、殖民地剥夺和土著复原力

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2022-0004

Doro Wiese

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Postcards: Flotsam and Jetsam: Art, Allegory, and Shipwreck in the Twenty-First Century (I) 明信片:漂浮物和抛弃物:21世纪的艺术、寓言和沉船(一)

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2022-0012

David Brian Howard

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