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Manhattan : Letters from Prehistory /

"Manhattan is the tale of a young French scholar who travels to the United States in 1965 on a Fulbright Fellowship to consult the manuscripts of beloved authors. In Yale University's Beinecke Library, tantalized by the conversational and epistolary brilliance of a fellow researcher, she i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cixous, Helene, 1937- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Brahic, Beverley Bie (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, [2023]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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