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Marina Warner’s Inventory of A Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir. From Memoir to Filiation Narrative 玛丽娜-华纳的《误入歧途的一生》目录：一部不可靠的回忆录。从回忆录到和解叙事

European Journal of Life Writing Pub Date : 2024-03-25 DOI: 10.21827/ejlw.13.40272

Souhir Zekri Masson

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Virginia Newhall Rademacher, Derivative Lives. Biofiction, Uncertainty, and Speculative Risk in Contemporary Spanish Narrative Virginia Newhall Rademacher，《衍生生活》。当代西班牙叙事中的生物小说、不确定性和投机风险

European Journal of Life Writing Pub Date : 2024-03-25 DOI: 10.21827/ejlw.13.41566

J. I. Díez

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Life Writing at the Terminus: Glacier Memoirs and Planetary Relationality 终点站的生命书写：冰川回忆录与行星关系

European Journal of Life Writing Pub Date : 2024-03-25 DOI: 10.21827/ejlw.13.41115

J. Zuern

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Élise Hugueny-Léger, Projections de soi. Identités et images en mouvement dans l'autofiction Élise Hugueny-Léger，Projections de soi。自传体小说中的身份和活动图像

European Journal of Life Writing Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.21827/ejlw.12.41394

M. Koffeman

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