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Between Genre, Parody, and Criticism: Gilbert Adair’s The Act of Roger Murgatroyd Cover

Between Genre, Parody, and Criticism: Gilbert Adair’s The Act of Roger Murgatroyd

By: Felicitas Mayer  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hjeas/2025/31/2/7 | Journal eISSN: 2732-0421 | Journal ISSN: 1218-7364
Language: English
Page range: 376 - 392
Published on: Dec 6, 2025
Published by: University of Debrecen
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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