Writing on the Woolfian Palimpsest. Michael Cunningham’s The Hours

Contemporary literary texts increasingly recycle older writings, assuming extra depth and addressing a cultivated reader. Their scaffolding reveals the intertextual net and renders the reading process at once challenging and rewarding. A case in point is Michael Cunningham‟s 1998 novel, The Hours...

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Main Authors:	Michaela PRAISLER, Alexandru PRAISLER
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Casa Cărții de Știință 2018-12-01
Series:	Cultural Intertexts
Subjects:	novel discourse intertext
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Writing on the Woolfian Palimpsest. Michael Cunningham’s The Hours

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