Is mimetic theory in literature and art universal?

Poetics Today

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 459-499

  Gu, Ming Dong ^a  

^a RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 66449092839     PISSN: 03335372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03335372-26-3-459     Document Type: Review

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