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3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1093/english/efad021

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Brief Editorial 简单的编辑

3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1093/english/efad018

Nonia Williams

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Decolonising the Conrad Canon. By Alice M. Kelly 去殖民化康拉德佳能。爱丽丝·m·凯利

3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2023-02-25 DOI: 10.1093/english/efad001

Beci Carver

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Teaching Social Justice Through Shakespeare: Why Renaissance Literature Matters Now. Edited by Hillary Eklund and Wendy Beth Hyman 通过莎士比亚教授社会正义:为什么文艺复兴时期的文学很重要。希拉里·埃克伦德和温迪·贝丝·海曼编辑

3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2023-02-25 DOI: 10.1093/english/efac024

Adam Hansen

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Conan Doyle and the rhetoric of genre 柯南·道尔与修辞体裁

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2023-01-30 DOI: 10.1093/english/efac025

Douglas Kerr

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Notes on Contributors 投稿人说明

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2021-12-28 DOI: 10.1093/english/efab032

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Desire: A Memoir. By Jonathan Dollimore 《欲望:回忆录》乔纳森·多利莫著

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2021-08-09 DOI: 10.1093/ENGLISH/EFAA041

Adam Hansen

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Notes on Contributors 投稿人说明

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2021-06-19 DOI: 10.1093/english/efab011

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Sufferings and Starvation in Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve Kamala Markandaya《筛中蜜桃》中的苦难与饥饿

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.34293/ENGLISH.V9I3.3992

V. Malathi

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Ideal Husband as a Key Symbol in Anna Karenina 理想丈夫是《安娜·卡列尼娜》的关键象征

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.34293/ENGLISH.V9I3.3891

M. Vincent

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