Framing Victorian religious discourse: An introduction

Victorian Religious Discourse: New Directions in Criticism

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-24

  Nixon, Jude V ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9781403980892     Document Type: Editorial

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