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The Art of Retelling: Text/ile in Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments Cover

The Art of Retelling: Text/ile in Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments

By: Hager Ben Driss  
Open Access
|Jan 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2023-0009 | Journal eISSN: 1841-964X | Journal ISSN: 1841-1487
Language: English
Page range: 104 - 125
Published on: Jan 26, 2024
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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