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Kingsley Amis: The Prescriptivist Cover
By: Nadina Cehan  
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|Dec 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2286-0428 | Journal ISSN: 1584-3734
Language: English
Page range: 13 - 20
Published on: Dec 30, 2016
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