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Erec et Enide and the Concept of Consent 埃里克和恩德和同意的概念

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Romanic Review Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1215/00358118-9812464

Charles Samuelson

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Rousseau on the Île Saint-Pierre 卢梭论Île圣皮埃尔

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Romanic Review Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1215/00358118-9812484

Célia Abele

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Tristan’s Origins

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Romanic Review Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1215/00358118-9812474

Giulia Boitani

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A Story with Characters and Action 一个有人物和动作的故事

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Romanic Review Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1215/00358118-9812554

T. Pavel

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Ovid: A Very Short Introduction 奥维德:简短的介绍

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Romanic Review Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1215/00358118-9812594

G. Williams

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The Tremulous Resonance of Yves Bonnefoy’s Textual Présence 伊夫·邦尼福伊文本表达的震颤共振

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Romanic Review Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1215/00358118-9812524

Michael Bishop

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The Physician’s Species 医生的种类

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Romanic Review Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.1215/00358118-9560692

Joseph R. Johnson

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Poetry and Poetics in Gilles of Corbeil and Gentile da Foligno’s Carmina de urinarum iudiciis

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Romanic Review Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.1215/00358118-9560676

Maggie Fritz-Morkin

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Teresa de Cartagena’s Illness and Disability as Embodied Knowledge 特蕾莎·德·卡塔赫纳的疾病和残疾作为具体化的知识

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Romanic Review Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.1215/00358118-9560724

Yonsoo Kim

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Dining with the Hermaphrodites 和雌雄同体的人一起吃饭

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Romanic Review Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.1215/00358118-9560708

K. Long

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