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‘All at Sea’: Virginia Woolf, Walter Benjamin, and the Unknown German

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‘All at Sea’: Virginia Woolf, Walter Benjamin, and the Unknown German. / Schad, John.
In: CounterText, Vol. 7, No. 2, 31.08.2021, p. 206-233.

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Schad J. ‘All at Sea’: Virginia Woolf, Walter Benjamin, and the Unknown German. CounterText. 2021 Aug 31;7(2):206-233. doi: 10.3366/count.2021.0230

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Schad, John. / ‘All at Sea’: Virginia Woolf, Walter Benjamin, and the Unknown German. In: CounterText. 2021 ; Vol. 7, No. 2. pp. 206-233.

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