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Audiences and Ideological Work in the “Dream Factory”: Halldór Laxness and Cinematic Modernity

Björn Þór Vilhjálmsson
Scandinavian Studies, December 2021, 93 (4) 443-475; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.93.4.0443
Björn Þór Vilhjálmsson
University of Iceland
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