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Two Abortive Beginnings and the Search for a Literary Father in Juan Goytisolo's Señas de identidad

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Two Abortive Beginnings and the Search for a Literary Father in Juan Goytisolo's Señas de identidad. / O'Donoghue, Samuel.
In: Romance Notes, Vol. 55, No. 2, 2015, p. 301-311.

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O'Donoghue, S 2015, 'Two Abortive Beginnings and the Search for a Literary Father in Juan Goytisolo's Señas de identidad', Romance Notes, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 301-311. https://doi.org/10.1353/rmc.2015.0018

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O'Donoghue, S. (2015). Two Abortive Beginnings and the Search for a Literary Father in Juan Goytisolo's Señas de identidad. Romance Notes, 55(2), 301-311. https://doi.org/10.1353/rmc.2015.0018

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O'Donoghue S. Two Abortive Beginnings and the Search for a Literary Father in Juan Goytisolo's Señas de identidad. Romance Notes. 2015;55(2):301-311. doi: 10.1353/rmc.2015.0018

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O'Donoghue, Samuel. / Two Abortive Beginnings and the Search for a Literary Father in Juan Goytisolo's Señas de identidad. In: Romance Notes. 2015 ; Vol. 55, No. 2. pp. 301-311.

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