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Identification and Empathy in Perpetrator Fiction on the Spanish Civil War

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Identification and Empathy in Perpetrator Fiction on the Spanish Civil War. / O'Donoghue, Samuel.
In: Modern Language Review, Vol. 118, No. 4, 09.10.2023, p. 496-520.

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O'Donoghue, S 2023, 'Identification and Empathy in Perpetrator Fiction on the Spanish Civil War', Modern Language Review, vol. 118, no. 4, pp. 496-520. https://doi.org/10.1353/mlr.2023.a907834

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O'Donoghue, S. (2023). Identification and Empathy in Perpetrator Fiction on the Spanish Civil War. Modern Language Review, 118(4), 496-520. https://doi.org/10.1353/mlr.2023.a907834

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O'Donoghue S. Identification and Empathy in Perpetrator Fiction on the Spanish Civil War. Modern Language Review. 2023 Oct 9;118(4):496-520. doi: 10.1353/mlr.2023.a907834

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O'Donoghue, Samuel. / Identification and Empathy in Perpetrator Fiction on the Spanish Civil War. In: Modern Language Review. 2023 ; Vol. 118, No. 4. pp. 496-520.

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