Poetics of Breathing: Modern Literature's Syncope

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Poetics of Breathing : Modern Literature's Syncope. / Heine, Stefanie.

New York : State University of New York Press, 2021. 438 p. (SUNY series, Literature . . . in Theory).

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Harvard

Heine, S 2021, Poetics of Breathing: Modern Literature's Syncope. SUNY series, Literature . . . in Theory, State University of New York Press, New York.

APA

Heine, S. (2021). Poetics of Breathing: Modern Literature's Syncope. State University of New York Press. SUNY series, Literature . . . in Theory

Vancouver

Heine S. Poetics of Breathing: Modern Literature's Syncope. New York: State University of New York Press, 2021. 438 p. (SUNY series, Literature . . . in Theory).

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Heine, Stefanie. / Poetics of Breathing : Modern Literature's Syncope. New York : State University of New York Press, 2021. 438 p. (SUNY series, Literature . . . in Theory).

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