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Duras's ‘beast in the jungle’: Writing fear (or fear of writing) in Emily L.

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    Carol J. Murphy

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Murphy, C.J. Duras's ‘beast in the jungle’: Writing fear (or fear of writing) in Emily L. . Neophilologus 75, 539–547 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209894

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