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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2023.0476

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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2023.0481

Andrea Bachner

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Decolonizing Comparative Literature 非殖民化的比较文学

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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2023.0478

Anna Bernard

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Comparability and Translatability in the Making of Historical Narratives: Alba de Céspedes’ Comparative Method 历史叙事创作中的可比性与可译性:阿尔巴·德·卡萨梅斯的比较法

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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2023.0485

Elisa Segnini

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The First Chinese Rendition of the Prose Adaptation of Hamlet: Evidencing Change in Early Twentieth-Century China 《哈姆雷特》散文改编的中国第一次引渡：20世纪初中国的变化

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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2023.0462

云芳代

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The Occasions: Seventeen Poems by Eugenio Montale, translated by Clive Watkins 场合：尤金尼奥·蒙代尔的十七首诗，克莱夫·沃特金斯翻译

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Comparative Critical Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.3366/ccs.2023.0467

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Caitríona Ní Dhúill, Metabiography: Reflecting on Biography 未定义的人物，代谢学：对传记的反思

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