Geopolitics and the sight of the nation: Elizabeth Bowen's the last september

LIT Literature Interpretation Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-64

  Wightman, Beth ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77951848101     PISSN: 10436928     EISSN: 15455866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10436920601174495     Document Type: Note

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