2. Post-Colonial Allegory and the Transformation of History

The Journal of Commonwealth Literature

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 157-168

  Slemon, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84972597405     PISSN: 00219894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002198948802300115     Document Type: Article

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