Impersonalising strategies in early modern english

English Studies

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 102-116

  Posse, Elena Seoane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

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EID: 0042780945     PISSN: 0013838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0013-838X(200003)81:2;1-T;FT102     Document Type: Article

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