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The Proustian Memory Boom: How Writing the Self Can Be Used to Write the Nation

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The Proustian Memory Boom: How Writing the Self Can Be Used to Write the Nation. / O'Donoghue, Samuel.
In: Romance Studies, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2015, p. 153-165.

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O'Donoghue, S 2015, 'The Proustian Memory Boom: How Writing the Self Can Be Used to Write the Nation', Romance Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 153-165. https://doi.org/10.1179/0263990415Z.00000000095

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O'Donoghue, S. (2015). The Proustian Memory Boom: How Writing the Self Can Be Used to Write the Nation. Romance Studies, 33(2), 153-165. https://doi.org/10.1179/0263990415Z.00000000095

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O'Donoghue S. The Proustian Memory Boom: How Writing the Self Can Be Used to Write the Nation. Romance Studies. 2015;33(2):153-165. doi: 10.1179/0263990415Z.00000000095

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O'Donoghue, Samuel. / The Proustian Memory Boom : How Writing the Self Can Be Used to Write the Nation. In: Romance Studies. 2015 ; Vol. 33, No. 2. pp. 153-165.

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