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Samuel Beckett and the Politics of Aftermath by James McNaughton, Beckett’s Political Imagination by Emilie Morin 詹姆斯·麦克诺顿的《塞缪尔·贝克特与后世政治》、埃米莉·莫林的《贝克特的政治想象》

IF 0.3 2区文学

NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1215/0041462X-8912299

Patrick Bixby

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Bright Sunshine, Dark Shadows 明亮的阳光，黑暗的阴影

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NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1525/NCL.2021.75.4.495

L. Wilhelm

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“The Meaner & More Usual &c.” 《更小气更平常》

IF 0.3 2区文学

NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1525/NCL.2021.75.4.417

M. Greaney

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Review: Novel Cultivations: Plants in British Literature of the Global Nineteenth Century, by Elizabeth Hope Chang 《新颖栽培:十九世纪全球英国文学中的植物》，伊丽莎白·张霍普著

IF 0.3 2区文学

NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1525/NCL.2021.75.4.552

L. Voskuil

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Review: Working Verse in Victorian Scotland: Poetry, Press, Community, by Kirstie Blair 评论：《维多利亚时代苏格兰的工作诗歌：诗歌，出版社，社区》，Kirstie Blair著

IF 0.3 2区文学

NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1525/NCL.2021.75.4.559

A. Riach

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Apple Pips, Fruit Stains, and Clammy Juice 苹果核、水渍和黏糊糊的果汁

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NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2020-12-21 DOI: 10.1525/NCL.2020.75.3.372

A. Chapman

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Review: In Plain Sight: Nineteenth-Century American Women’s Poetry and the Problem of Literary History, by Alexandra Socarides 评论：《平视：19世纪美国女性诗歌与文学史问题》，亚历山德拉·索卡里德斯著

IF 0.3 2区文学

NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2020-12-21 DOI: 10.1525/NCL.2020.75.3.403

C. Gelmi

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Vernon Lee’s Novel Construction 弗农·李的小说《构造

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NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2020-12-21 DOI: 10.1525/NCL.2020.75.3.346

I. Yamboliev

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Review: Victorians on Broadway: Literature, Adaptation, and the Modern American Musical, by Sharon Aronofsky Weltman 书评:《百老汇的维多利亚时代:文学、改编和现代美国音乐剧》，作者:莎伦·阿罗诺夫斯基·韦尔特曼

IF 0.3 2区文学

NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2020-12-21 DOI: 10.1525/NCL.2020.75.3.406

Renata Kobetts Miller

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Review: Reading with the Senses in Victorian Literature and Science, by David Sweeney Coombs 书评:维多利亚时代文学与科学中的感官阅读，大卫·斯威尼·库姆斯著

IF 0.3 2区文学

NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE Pub Date : 2020-12-21 DOI: 10.1525/NCL.2020.75.3.399

Debra Gettelman

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