The palimpsest; literature, criticism, theory.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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The palimpsest; literature, criticism, theory.

Dillon, Sarah.

Continuum Publishing Group

2007

164 pages

$120.00

Hardcover

Continuum literary studies series

PR21

In 1845, palimpsest was transformed from a technical term used by paleographers into a metaphor that spread quickly across disciplines and ...

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