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Empathic Vision? War Photography, Ekphrasis, and Memory in Bosnian War Literature 移情的愿景?波斯尼亚战争文学中的战争摄影、措辞和记忆

Terrorizing Images Pub Date : 2020-09-07 DOI: 10.1515/9783110693959-008

S. Vervaet

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What Does It Mean To Be Human? Speculative Ekphrasis and Anthropocene Trauma in Don DeLillo’s Zero K 作为人意味着什么?唐·德里罗《零K》中的思辨用语与人类世创伤

Terrorizing Images Pub Date : 2020-09-07 DOI: 10.1515/9783110693959-003

Ø. Vågnes

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