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Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Queer Reading Strategies, Swedish Literature, and Historical (In)visibility

Jenny Björklund and Ann-Sofie Lönngren
Scandinavian Studies, June 2020, 92 (2) 196-228; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.92.2.0196
Jenny Björklund
Uppsala University
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Södertörn University
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Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Queer Reading Strategies, Swedish Literature, and Historical (In)visibility
Jenny Björklund, Ann-Sofie Lönngren
Scandinavian Studies Jun 2020, 92 (2) 196-228; DOI: 10.3368/sca.92.2.0196
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