Genre and authority in some popular Nigerian women's novels

Research in African Literatures

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-99

  Erwin, Lee ^a  

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EID: 60950680124     PISSN: 00345210     EISSN: 15272044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/RAL.2002.33.2.81     Document Type: Review

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