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Play Me for a Fool: Horror-Inducing Madness from Edgar Allan Poe to The Dark Eye (1995) Cover

Play Me for a Fool: Horror-Inducing Madness from Edgar Allan Poe to The Dark Eye (1995)

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|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2025-0019 | Journal eISSN: 1841-964X | Journal ISSN: 1841-1487
Language: English
Page range: 157 - 179
Published on: Dec 8, 2025
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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