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Scholars and Sound Bites: The Myth of Academic Difficulty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

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The Changing Profession
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PMLA , Volume 115 , Issue 5 , October 2000 , pp. 1041 - 1052
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 2000

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