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Contemporary developments in emergent literatures and the new Europe / edited by César
Domínguez and Manus O’Dwyer. — Santiago de Compostela : Universidade de Santiago
de Compostela, Servizo de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico, 2014
Formato en PDF
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Modo de acceso: lib{USC}: http://www.usc.es/libros/index.php/spic/index
ISBN: 978-84-16183-09-8
1. Literatura europea — Historia y crítica I. Domínguez, César, ed. lit. II. O’Dwyer, Manus,
ed. lit. III.Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Servizo de Publicacións e Intercambio
Científico, ed.
© Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 2014
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