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In Memoriam: Eileen R. Ewing (1954–2023) 《追忆似水年华》：艾琳·R·尤因（1954–2023）

IF 0.3 4区文学

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.1.v

Timothy T. F. Yu

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Sustaining Attention to Climate Change 持续关注气候变化

IF 0.3 4区文学

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.1.137

Sarah Dimick

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Having a Real Day of It: Grace, Time, and Pastoral in Frank O'Hara's Work Poems 度过真正的一天:弗兰克·奥哈拉工作诗中的优雅、时间与田园

IF 0.3 4区文学

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.1.22

Ben Hickman

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"Becoming Fantastical" in Black Superhero Comics 黑人超级英雄漫画中的“变奇幻”

IF 0.3 4区文学

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.1.142

J. Mann

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The Field of Restricted Emotion: Empathy and Literary Value in Valeria Luiselli's Lost Children Archive 受限情感领域:瓦莱里娅·路易塞利《迷失儿童档案》中的移情与文学价值

IF 0.3 4区文学

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.3368/cl.63.1.77

Pieter Vermeulen

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Black Sounds and Phonographic Poetry 黑声与留声机诗歌

IF 0.3 4区文学

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.3368/cl.62.4.590

Jessica E. Teague

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Terrorist Epidemiologies 恐怖主义流行病

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CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.3368/cl.62.4.597

Kalyan Nadminti

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The Poetry of Climatic Witness: Slam Poets at United Nations Climate Summits 气候见证的诗歌:联合国气候峰会上的诗人

IF 0.3 4区文学

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.3368/cl.62.4.558

Sarah Dimick

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Existential Realism: Reading American Novels the French Way 存在主义现实主义：用法国的方式解读美国小说

IF 0.3 4区文学

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.3368/cl.62.4.501

Kevin Spencer

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“We Cannot Wait to Feel at Home”: Jackie Kay, Thatcherism, Brexit “我们迫不及待地想要宾至如归”:杰基·凯、撒切尔主义、英国脱欧

IF 0.3 4区文学

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.3368/cl.62.4.476

M. Mota

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