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Queer Angels in Post-1945 American Literature and Culture: Bad Beatitudes 1945年后美国文学和文化中的酷儿天使:坏福音

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MODERN LANGUAGE QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1215/00267929-9791029

Michael Dango

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Today We Fly, Tomorrow We Fall: William Faulkner’s Pylon in Fascist Italy 今天我们飞翔，明天我们坠落:威廉·福克纳在法西斯意大利的塔

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MODERN LANGUAGE QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1215/00267929-9644656

Fredrik Tydal

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The Shortest Way with Defoe: “Robinson Crusoe,” Deism, and the Novel 与笛福的最短之路:《鲁滨逊漂流记》、自然神论与小说

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MODERN LANGUAGE QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1215/00267929-9644747

Gary J. Handwerk

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Present Tense: Literary History in Our Time 现在时:当代文学史

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MODERN LANGUAGE QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1215/00267929-9644786

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“Thy Words Do Finde Me Out”: Aaron Kunin’s Love Three “你的话语找到了我”:亚伦·库宁的爱情三

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