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Prize Germans?: changing notions of Germanness and the role of the award-winning author into the twenty-first century

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Prize Germans? changing notions of Germanness and the role of the award-winning author into the twenty-first century. / Braun, Rebecca.
In: Oxford German Studies, Vol. 43, No. 1, 03.2014, p. 37-54.

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Braun, R 2014, 'Prize Germans? changing notions of Germanness and the role of the award-winning author into the twenty-first century', Oxford German Studies, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 37-54. https://doi.org/10.1179/0078719113Z.00000000047

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Braun, R. (2014). Prize Germans? changing notions of Germanness and the role of the award-winning author into the twenty-first century. Oxford German Studies, 43(1), 37-54. https://doi.org/10.1179/0078719113Z.00000000047

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Braun R. Prize Germans? changing notions of Germanness and the role of the award-winning author into the twenty-first century. Oxford German Studies. 2014 Mar;43(1):37-54. doi: 10.1179/0078719113Z.00000000047

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Braun, Rebecca. / Prize Germans? changing notions of Germanness and the role of the award-winning author into the twenty-first century. In: Oxford German Studies. 2014 ; Vol. 43, No. 1. pp. 37-54.

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