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Upheavals of Emotions, Madness of Form: Mary M. Talbot’s and Bryan Talbot’s Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes and a Transdiegetised (Auto)Biographical Commix 情感的剧变，形式的疯狂:玛丽·m·塔尔博特和布莱恩·塔尔博特的《她父亲眼中的波特》和一部跨叙事(自动)传记混合

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2015-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2015-0007

Robert Kusek

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From One Master of Horror to Another: Tracing Poe’s Influence in Stephen King’s The Shining 从一个恐怖大师到另一个恐怖大师:追溯坡对斯蒂芬·金《闪灵》的影响

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2015-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2015-0003

Maroš Buday

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Apocalyptic Kingship, Harmony and Political Expediency: the Challenges and Paradoxes of Andrew Marvell’s “First Anniversary” 末世王权、和谐与政治权宜之计:安德鲁·马维尔《一周年纪念》的挑战与悖论

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2015-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2015-0001

Tomáš Jajtner

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“This fabulous flotsam”: Michael Moorcock’s Urban Anthropology in “London under London” “这艘神话般的漂浮物”:Michael Moorcock在《伦敦之下的伦敦》中的城市人类学

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2015-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2015-0004

Christoph Houswitschka

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Martin Adam. Presentation Sentences (Syntax, Semantics and FSP) 马丁·亚当。表示句(语法、语义和FSP)

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2015-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2015-0010

R. Pípalová

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“A Poetics of Disruption”: Farida Karodia’s A Shattering of Silence and the Exiled Writer’s Dihiliz Position “一种破坏的诗学”:法里达·卡罗迪亚的《沉默的破碎》与流亡作家的Dihiliz立场

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2015-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2015-0005

Isabel Alonso-Breto

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Landscapes of History in the Novels of Lawrence Norfolk 劳伦斯·诺福克小说中的历史景观

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2015-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2015-0006

Ladislav Nagy

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Gender, Humour and Transgression in Canadian Women’s Theatre 加拿大女性戏剧中的性别、幽默与越界

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2014-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2014-0017

Natalie Meisner, Donia Mounsef

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引用次数: 1

A Cross-Departmental Approach to Supporting Students with a Disability Affecting Foreign Language Acquisition 跨部门支持影响外语习得的残疾学生的方法

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2014-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2014-0019

F. Lys, Alison L. May, Jeanne Ravid

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“A Very Remarkable Piece of Iron”: Towards a Theory of Material Imagination in Virginia Woolf’s “Solid Objects” “一块非凡的铁”:弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫《固体》中的物质想象理论

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2014-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2014-0015

M. Štefl

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