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The Opacity of Testimony; or, What the Philosophy of Literature Can Tell Us About How to Read Holocaust Narratives

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The Opacity of Testimony; or, What the Philosophy of Literature Can Tell Us About How to Read Holocaust Narratives. / O'Donoghue, Samuel.
Literary Studies and the Philosophy of Literature. ed. / Andrea Selleri; Phillip Gaydon. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. p. 185-203.

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O'Donoghue, S 2016, The Opacity of Testimony; or, What the Philosophy of Literature Can Tell Us About How to Read Holocaust Narratives. in A Selleri & P Gaydon (eds), Literary Studies and the Philosophy of Literature. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 185-203. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33147-8_10

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O'Donoghue, S. (2016). The Opacity of Testimony; or, What the Philosophy of Literature Can Tell Us About How to Read Holocaust Narratives. In A. Selleri, & P. Gaydon (Eds.), Literary Studies and the Philosophy of Literature (pp. 185-203). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33147-8_10

Vancouver

O'Donoghue S. The Opacity of Testimony; or, What the Philosophy of Literature Can Tell Us About How to Read Holocaust Narratives. In Selleri A, Gaydon P, editors, Literary Studies and the Philosophy of Literature. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2016. p. 185-203 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-33147-8_10

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O'Donoghue, Samuel. / The Opacity of Testimony; or, What the Philosophy of Literature Can Tell Us About How to Read Holocaust Narratives. Literary Studies and the Philosophy of Literature. editor / Andrea Selleri ; Phillip Gaydon. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. pp. 185-203

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