The Author as Reader: Reading Auster Reading Crane

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The Author as Reader: Reading Auster Reading Crane. / Siegumfeldt, Inge Birgitte.

In: Critique - Studies in Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 62, No. 5, 11.2021, p. 471-481.

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Harvard

Siegumfeldt, IB 2021, 'The Author as Reader: Reading Auster Reading Crane', Critique - Studies in Contemporary Fiction, vol. 62, no. 5, pp. 471-481. https://doi.org/10.1080/00111619.2021.1992338

APA

Siegumfeldt, I. B. (2021). The Author as Reader: Reading Auster Reading Crane. Critique - Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 62(5), 471-481. https://doi.org/10.1080/00111619.2021.1992338

Vancouver

Siegumfeldt IB. The Author as Reader: Reading Auster Reading Crane. Critique - Studies in Contemporary Fiction. 2021 Nov;62(5):471-481. https://doi.org/10.1080/00111619.2021.1992338

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Siegumfeldt, Inge Birgitte. / The Author as Reader: Reading Auster Reading Crane. In: Critique - Studies in Contemporary Fiction. 2021 ; Vol. 62, No. 5. pp. 471-481.

Bibtex

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