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Landscape, Geopolitics, and National Identity in the Norwegian Thrillers Occupied and Nobel

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|Sep 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2020-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
Language: English
Page range: 63 - 83
Published on: Sep 10, 2020
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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