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The pathologies of mobility: time travel as syndrome in The Time Traveler’s Wife, La Jetée and Twelve Monkeys

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The pathologies of mobility: time travel as syndrome in The Time Traveler’s Wife, La Jetée and Twelve Monkeys. / Baker, Brian.
Diseases and disorders: the syndrome in contemporary literature. ed. / Tim Lustig; James Peacock. London: Routledge, 2013. p. 83-97 (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature).

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Harvard

Baker, B 2013, The pathologies of mobility: time travel as syndrome in The Time Traveler’s Wife, La Jetée and Twelve Monkeys. in T Lustig & J Peacock (eds), Diseases and disorders: the syndrome in contemporary literature. Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature, Routledge, London, pp. 83-97.

APA

Baker, B. (2013). The pathologies of mobility: time travel as syndrome in The Time Traveler’s Wife, La Jetée and Twelve Monkeys. In T. Lustig, & J. Peacock (Eds.), Diseases and disorders: the syndrome in contemporary literature (pp. 83-97). (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature). Routledge.

Vancouver

Baker B. The pathologies of mobility: time travel as syndrome in The Time Traveler’s Wife, La Jetée and Twelve Monkeys. In Lustig T, Peacock J, editors, Diseases and disorders: the syndrome in contemporary literature. London: Routledge. 2013. p. 83-97. (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature).

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Baker, Brian. / The pathologies of mobility : time travel as syndrome in The Time Traveler’s Wife, La Jetée and Twelve Monkeys. Diseases and disorders: the syndrome in contemporary literature. editor / Tim Lustig ; James Peacock. London : Routledge, 2013. pp. 83-97 (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature).

Bibtex

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