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Technologies of Observation and Unbearable Space: Cosmic Horror as Epistemological Accident in At the Mountains of Madness (1936) 观察技术与无法承受的空间：《在疯狂之山》（1936）中作为认识论偶然的宇宙恐怖

IF 0.2 3区文学

Literature Compass Pub Date : 2025-12-16 DOI: 10.1111/lic3.70041

Xinrui Zhu

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Mediterraneanism Meets Global Ethics: A Poetic and Material Analysis of The Island of Missing Trees 地中海主义与全球伦理：《消失的树木之岛》的诗意与物质分析

IF 0.2 3区文学

Literature Compass Pub Date : 2025-12-13 DOI: 10.1111/lic3.70038

Aina Vidal-Pérez

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“English Literature After #MeToo: Global Perspectives”: Introduction “MeToo之后的英国文学：全球视角”：导论

IF 0.2 3区文学

Literature Compass Pub Date : 2025-11-23 DOI: 10.1111/lic3.70034

Kate Hext, Julie Choi

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Studies in the Period Illustration of Eighteenth-Century British Literature, 1935–2025 18世纪英国文学时期插画研究，1935-2025

IF 0.2 3区文学

Literature Compass Pub Date : 2025-11-14 DOI: 10.1111/lic3.70039

Sandro Jung

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Careless Daisy, Incurable Jordan, and Dead Myrtle: Teaching The Great Gatsby in the Post-#MeToo Era 《粗心的黛西、无法治愈的乔丹和死去的桃金娘：在后#MeToo时代教授伟大的盖茨比》

IF 0.2 3区文学

Literature Compass Pub Date : 2025-11-07 DOI: 10.1111/lic3.70035

Soh Yeun Kim

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Happiness in the Long Eighteenth Century 漫长的十八世纪的幸福

IF 0.2 3区文学

Literature Compass Pub Date : 2025-11-05 DOI: 10.1111/lic3.70037

Alexander Hobday

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‘I'm Alright, It's Just so Horrible’: Teaching Romance Fictions, Pre- and Post-#MeToo “我还好，只是太可怕了”：教授浪漫小说，#MeToo运动前后

IF 0.2 3区文学

Literature Compass Pub Date : 2025-11-01 DOI: 10.1111/lic3.70033

Joseph Crawford

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The Matter of Consent in “Book of Chastity” of The Faerie Queene After #MeToo #MeToo后仙后《贞操之书》中的同意问题

IF 0.2 3区文学

Literature Compass Pub Date : 2025-10-28 DOI: 10.1111/lic3.70032

Youngjin Chung

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Teaching Modernist Literature in a Women's College in South Korea 韩国女子学院现代主义文学教学

IF 0.2 3区文学

Literature Compass Pub Date : 2025-10-28 DOI: 10.1111/lic3.70036

Boosung Kim

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Teaching Through the Backlash: Bodies, Hearts, and Time in the Post-#MeToo U.S. Literature Classroom 反作用下的教学：后#MeToo美国文学课堂中的身体、心灵和时间

IF 0.2 3区文学

Literature Compass Pub Date : 2025-10-25 DOI: 10.1111/lic3.70031

Doreen Thierauf

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