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The Self and the Screened World: Walker Percy's The Moviegoer 自我与银幕世界：沃克·珀西的电影观众

4区社会学

South Central Review Pub Date : 2021-11-12 DOI: 10.1353/scr.2021.0044

Bill R. Scalia

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