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The Destruction of Nationalism in Twenty-First Century Canadian Apocalyptic Fiction 21世纪加拿大末世小说中民族主义的毁灭

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2020-0014

Matthew Cormier

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Kathleen Gallagher and Jonothan Neelands, eds. Drama and Theatre in Urban Contexts. Oxon, New York: Routledge, 2013. ($ 148.80 hb, $ 58.95 pb). Pp 165. ISBN 978-0415835367 凯瑟琳·加拉格和乔纳森·尼兰兹编。城市背景下的戏剧和剧院。奥克森，纽约:Routledge出版社，2013。(每加仑148.80美元，每加仑58.95美元)。页165。ISBN 978 - 0415835367

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2020-0023

D. Benea

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Rosa Sonneschein’s Fin-the-Siècle Fiction: The Clashing Worlds of Zionism, Reform Judaism, Feminism and Conformity 罗莎·索内舍因的小说:犹太复国主义、改革派犹太教、女权主义和顺从的冲突世界

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2020-0009

I. Rabinovich

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Impalpable Scars: Dual Traumas in Hemingway’s “Now I Lay Me” and “A Way You’ll Never Be” 无形的伤痕:海明威《现在我躺下》和《你永远不会走的路》中的双重创伤

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2020-0011

Richard Kovarovic

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The Dystopian Transformation of Urban Space in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale 玛格丽特·阿特伍德《使女的故事》中城市空间的反乌托邦式转变

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2020-0007

Raluca Moldovan

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Emily Apter, Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability. London and New York: Verso, 2013. (Pb, £20/Hb, £70) Pp 382. ISBN: 9781844679706. 艾米莉·阿普特:《反对世界文学:论不可译性的政治》伦敦和纽约:Verso, 2013。(Pb, 20英镑/Hb, 70英镑)382页。ISBN: 9781844679706。

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2020-0012

Mihaela Mudure

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A Book of Cities: Mapping Urban Space in Braun and Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum (1572-1617) 城市之书:在布劳恩和霍根伯格的《奥比斯Terrarum》中绘制城市空间(1572-1617)

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2020-0002

Petruţa Năiduţ

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Racial/Facial Discrimination in Malcolm Bradbury’s Eating People Is Wrong 马尔科姆·布拉德伯里的《吃人是错的》中的种族/面部歧视

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2020-0010

Noureddine Friji

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Alchemical Cities, Apocalyptic Cities: The City as an Exponent of Magical Realism and Ideology in Angela Carter’s Novels 炼金术之城，启示录之城:城市作为安吉拉·卡特小说中魔幻现实主义和意识形态的代表

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2020-0004

Nina Muždeka

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Writing the City, Narrating Identity 书写城市，叙述身份

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American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/abcsj-2020-0001

Dragoş Ivana

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