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Frescoes Across the Firmament: Reflections on Siddhi Pillay’s “Much Love, Light and Kindness” and Immaterial Reflections 穿越苍穹的壁画:对Siddhi Pillay的“多爱，光和善良”和非物质反射的反思

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2022.2113685

Betty Govinden

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Representations of Poverty and Mental Health in Charles Mungoshi’s Fiction 查尔斯·蒙戈什小说中贫困与心理健康的表现

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2022.2113681

M. Malaba

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Hospitalities: Transitions and Transgressions, North and South, edited by Merle A. Williams 《好客:过渡与越轨，南北》，梅尔·a·威廉姆斯主编

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2022.2058169

R. Gray

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Literary Attachment: From the Abstraction of Critique to the Unfolding of Story 文学依恋:从批判的抽象到故事的展开

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2022.2050500

M. Chapman

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Love and Space in Contemporary African Diasporic Women’s Writing: Making Love, Making Worlds, by Jennifer Leetsch 当代非洲散居女性写作中的爱与空间:创造爱，创造世界，詹妮弗·利奇著

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2022.2055769

Jenny Boźena du Preez

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African Aesthetics: A Matter of Reason or Cosmology? 非洲美学:理性问题还是宇宙论问题?

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2022.2122168

Sope Maithufi

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The Postcolonial African Genocide Novel: Quests for Meaningfulness, by Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba 后殖民时期的非洲种族灭绝小说:寻找意义，作者:奇博·阿瑟·阿亚杜巴

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2022.2066398

O. Salawu

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When the Village Sleeps, by Sindiwe Magona 《当村庄沉睡》，作者:辛迪维·玛戈纳

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-14 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2021.1973705

R. Gray

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Covid-19 Humour in Egypt: An Analysis of Al-Daheeh Episodes 新冠肺炎在埃及的幽默:Al-Daheeh剧集分析

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2021.1986977

E. M. El-Shokrofy

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Unseasonably Seasonal: A Memorial for Professor David Levey 不合时宜的季节:纪念大卫·利维教授

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English Academy Review-Southern African Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2021.1979325

D. Byrne

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