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‘Then You’ll Be Free to Go Wherever You Please, on Land, on Sea, Whichever Way the Wind Blows You!’: Female Oscillation Between Disability and Freedom in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie Cover

‘Then You’ll Be Free to Go Wherever You Please, on Land, on Sea, Whichever Way the Wind Blows You!’: Female Oscillation Between Disability and Freedom in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie

By: Olfa Gandouz  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2025-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2286-0428 | Journal ISSN: 1584-3734
Language: English
Page range: 47 - 63
Published on: Dec 31, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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