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The magic phrase : critical essays on Christina Stead

by Margaret Harris

This collection of essays provides a comprehensive overview of critical responses to Christina Stead's novels. It features foundational pioneering analyses, scholarship from the 1980s and 1990s, and several previously unpublished articles.

Accession 26024 ISBN 0702225061 Publisher University of Queensland Press
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