(Il)literacy and (im)morality in Bernhard Schlink’s The reader

Written Language and Literacy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 195-213

  Johnson, Sally ^a   Finlay, Frank ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84989364678     PISSN: 13876732     EISSN: 15706001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/wll.4.2.04joh     Document Type: Article

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