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  • Postcolonial Conrad

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    Series series Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
    Winner of the 2006 NSW Prize for Literary Scholarship.The work of Joseph Conrad has been read so disparately that it is tempting to talk of many different Conrads. One lasting impression however, is that his colonial novels, which record encounters between Europe and Europe’s ‘Other’, are highly significant for the field of post-colonial studies.Drawing on many years of research and a rich body of ... Leer más

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales

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    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
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  • Durrell and the City

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  • Gender and Power in Medieval Exegesis

    de T. Tinkle ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
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  • Transforming Memories in Contemporary Women's Rewriting

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