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Myths of Transformation: Realities of Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

Catharine R. Stimpson*
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New York University

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PMLA , Volume 115 , Issue 5 , October 2000 , pp. 1142 - 1153
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 2000

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