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Norway and Iceland
Curators of Medieval French and German Literature
Marianne Kalinke
Scandinavian Studies, March 2025, 97 (2) 45-69; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.97.2.45
Marianne Kalinke
Marianne Kalinke is Center for Advanced Study Professor Emerita of Germanic Languages and Comparative Literature at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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Scandinavian Studies
Vol. 97, Issue 2
1 Mar 2025
Norway and Iceland
Marianne Kalinke
Scandinavian Studies Mar 2025, 97 (2) 45-69; DOI: 10.3368/sca.97.2.45
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