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My Mother, My Self: Coming of Age on the Road in Sara Taylor’sThe Lauras 我的母亲，我的自我:在莎拉·泰勒的《劳拉一家》中成长

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CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.2.174

Angelica De Vido

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CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.2.280

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What Lyric Is Missing: Anne Carson and the Contemporary Fragment 缺少什么抒情:安妮·卡森和当代片段

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CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.2.149

Jordan Burke

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Race by Analogy? Omar El Akkad’s American Wars 类比赛跑?奥马尔·阿卡德的《美国战争》

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CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.2.201

Madhu Dubey

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The Banality of Exception 例外的平庸性

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CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.2.269

C. S. Bhagya

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Sally Rooney’s Sapiosexuals 莎莉·鲁尼的《智性恋》

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CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.2.230

Sam Waterman

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Different Ways of Being Gay: History and Queer Identity in Alison Bechdel's Fun Home 不同的同性恋方式：艾莉森·贝克德尔趣味之家的历史与酷儿身份

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CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.1.107

Meg Wesling

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An Interview with Shokoofeh Azar 阿扎尔访谈录

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CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.1.1

A. Brewster

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CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.1.147

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"We Just Value": Narration and Financial Valuation in Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist “我们只是看重”:哈米德《不情愿的原教旨主义者》中的叙事与金融估值

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CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.1.51

J. Macintosh

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