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“Only the Gods are Real”: The Mythopoeic Dimension of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods

By: Irina Rață  
Open Access
|Dec 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2286-0428 | Journal ISSN: 1584-3734
Language: English
Page range: 35 - 44
Published on: Dec 30, 2016
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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