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Literary Translator Studies
Edited by Klaus Kaindl, Waltraud Kolb and Daniela Schlager
[Benjamins Translation Library 156] 2021
► pp. 279–292

Chapter 15
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The curious case of Douglas Hofstadter

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Article outline
  • Introducing Douglas Hofstadter
  • Le Ton beau de Marot
  • Eugene Onegin
  • That mad ache
  • Summing up
  • References
Published online: 3 May 2021
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