‘That's why i was crying on this book’: Trauma as testimony in responses to literature

Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-434

  Dutro, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 70449584623     PISSN: 1358684X     EISSN: 14693585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13586840802493076     Document Type: Article

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