Syllabic Gasps: M. NourbeSe Philip and Charles Olson’s Poetic Conspiration

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Syllabic Gasps : M. NourbeSe Philip and Charles Olson’s Poetic Conspiration. / Heine, Stefanie.

The Life of Breath in Literature, Culture and Medicine. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. s. 463-483.

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Heine, S 2021, Syllabic Gasps: M. NourbeSe Philip and Charles Olson’s Poetic Conspiration. i The Life of Breath in Literature, Culture and Medicine. Palgrave Macmillan, s. 463-483. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74443-4_22

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Heine, S. (2021). Syllabic Gasps: M. NourbeSe Philip and Charles Olson’s Poetic Conspiration. I The Life of Breath in Literature, Culture and Medicine (s. 463-483). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74443-4_22

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Heine S. Syllabic Gasps: M. NourbeSe Philip and Charles Olson’s Poetic Conspiration. I The Life of Breath in Literature, Culture and Medicine. Palgrave Macmillan. 2021. s. 463-483 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74443-4_22

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Heine, Stefanie. / Syllabic Gasps : M. NourbeSe Philip and Charles Olson’s Poetic Conspiration. The Life of Breath in Literature, Culture and Medicine. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. s. 463-483

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