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Famously literary?: the Nobel Prize and Herta Müller's authorial body

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Famously literary? the Nobel Prize and Herta Müller's authorial body. / Braun, Rebecca.
Herta Müller. ed. / Brigid Haines; Lyn Marven. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. p. 224-241.

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Braun, R 2013, Famously literary? the Nobel Prize and Herta Müller's authorial body. in B Haines & L Marven (eds), Herta Müller. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 224-241.

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Braun, R. (2013). Famously literary? the Nobel Prize and Herta Müller's authorial body. In B. Haines, & L. Marven (Eds.), Herta Müller (pp. 224-241). Oxford University Press.

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Braun R. Famously literary? the Nobel Prize and Herta Müller's authorial body. In Haines B, Marven L, editors, Herta Müller. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2013. p. 224-241

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Braun, Rebecca. / Famously literary? the Nobel Prize and Herta Müller's authorial body. Herta Müller. editor / Brigid Haines ; Lyn Marven. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. pp. 224-241

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