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‘All across Europe it had come’: The Black Death and Fascism in Sylvia Townsend Warner’s The Corner That Held Them “整个欧洲都来了”:西尔维娅·汤森德·华纳的《死角》中的黑死病和法西斯主义

The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Pub Date : 2021-11-10 DOI: 10.14324/111.444.stw.2021.3

A. Piette

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Hamlet in England 《哈姆雷特》

The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Pub Date : 2021-11-10 DOI: 10.14324/111.444.stw.2021.4

Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Stephen Tomlin in Chaldon Herring (1921–3) 斯蒂芬·汤姆林《查尔登·赫林》(1921-3)

The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Pub Date : 2021-11-10 DOI: 10.14324/111.444.stw.2021.6

Michael Bloch, S. Fox

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Book Review: Francesca Wade, Square Haunting: Five women, freedom and London between the wars (London: Faber & Faber, 2020; ISBN: 978-0-57133-065-2) 书评:弗朗西斯卡·韦德，《广场幽魂:五个女人、自由与战争期间的伦敦》(伦敦:费伯&费伯出版社，2020;ISBN: 978-0-57133-065-2)

The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Pub Date : 2021-11-10 DOI: 10.14324/111.444.stw.2021.9

Hester Styles Vickery

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Notes on The Corner That Held Them 挂在角落里的笔记

The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.14324/111.444.stw.2020.19

Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Sylvia Townsend Warner and the Possibilities of Freedom: The Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Lecture 2019 西尔维娅·汤森·华纳和自由的可能性:西尔维娅·汤森·华纳协会2019年讲座

The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.14324/111.444.stw.2020.22

Peter Swaab

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Posthuman? Animal Corpses, Aeroplanes and Very High Frequencies in the Work of Valentine Ackland and Sylvia Townsend Warner 后人类吗?瓦伦丁·阿克兰和西尔维娅·汤森·华纳作品中的动物尸体、飞机和高频

The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.14324/111.444.stw.2020.21

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Glen Cavaliero: Two Tributes 格伦卡瓦列罗:两个贡品

The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.14324/111.444.stw.2020.23

P. Hartle, J. Hodgson

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The Unfinished Sequel to The Corner That Held Them (Part 1 of 2) 《抓住他们的角落》未完成的续集(1 / 2)

The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.14324/111.444.stw.2020.20

Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Table of Contents: The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society 20(1) 目录:西尔维娅·汤森·华纳协会杂志20(1)

The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.14324/111.444.stw.2020.00

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