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Contexts for Reading the Reader: Why the Private Library of a Twentieth-Century Canadian Woman Is Important Cover

Contexts for Reading the Reader: Why the Private Library of a Twentieth-Century Canadian Woman Is Important

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|Feb 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/stap.2025.59.16 | Journal eISSN: 2082-5102 | Journal ISSN: 0081-6272
Language: English
Page range: 271 - 289
Published on: Feb 22, 2026
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