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“Det var en lycklig tid”

Encountering America in Sven Delblanc’s Åsnebrygga and Lars Gustafsson’s Tennisspelarna

Svante Landgraf
Scandinavian Studies, January 2024, 96 (1) 105-125; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.96.1.105
Svante Landgraf
Svante Landgraf (svante.landgraf{at}gmail.com) has a PhD from Linköping University, Sweden, and is currently an independent scholar in comparative literature, mainly working on science fiction and general ecology.
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