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What if: the literary case for more climate change. / Burnett, Lucy.
In: ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Vol. 26, No. 4, 01.09.2019, p. 901-923.

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Burnett, L 2019, 'What if: the literary case for more climate change', ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 901-923. https://doi.org/10.1093/isle/isz002

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Burnett, L. (2019). What if: the literary case for more climate change. ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, 26(4), 901-923. https://doi.org/10.1093/isle/isz002

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Burnett L. What if: the literary case for more climate change. ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. 2019 Sept 1;26(4):901-923. doi: 10.1093/isle/isz002

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Burnett, Lucy. / What if: the literary case for more climate change. In: ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. 2019 ; Vol. 26, No. 4. pp. 901-923.

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