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Curriculum Vitae
Anastasia (Natasha) Remoundou-Howley
Department of English Literature and Linguistics
School of Arts and Sciences
Qatar University
Doha, Qatar
[email protected]
EDUCATION
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Ph.D, Reception Studies with a designated emphasis in Cultural Theory, Irish Drama, Greek
Tragedy, Memory and Trauma, Adaptation/Translation and Contemporary Irish Literature.
National University of Ireland, Galway, June 2011. Dissertation: “Palimpsests of Antigone: Versions of
Greek Tragedy in Contemporary Irish Drama (1984-2008). “
Committee: Dr.Fiona Macintosh, Department of Classics, University of Oxford, UK.
Professor Brian Arkins. Emeritus Professor in Classics, Department of Classics
National University of Ireland, Galway
Dr.Lionel Pilkington, Department of English, National University of Ireland,
Galway.
Exam Fields: English, Cultural Theory, Classical Reception Studies, Modern drama,
Comparative Literature, Adaptation, Translation, Global Modernisms &
Postmodernisms, Postcolonial Theory, Feminism, Violence, Conflict, and
Memory through a Transnational Democratic Lens. Contemporary Irish
Literature and Cultural Politics with an emphasis on Drama, Intertextuality,
Performance, Philosophy (from Plato to Hegel, Butler, Copjec, Žižek and
Ettinger)
M.SC., English Literature: Writing & Cultural Politics. II.I Honours, Department of English, The
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. December 2003. Thesis Title: “Writing the Other Side of the
(He)Story: Postcolonial Topographies & Iconographies in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea.”
B.A., English Literature. High Distinction, Magna cum Laude. The American College of Greece- Deree,
Athens, Greece. June 2002. Honours Thesis: “Deconstructing To Catch a Thief: Alfred Hitchcock’s
Cinematic Techniques and Derridaean Play.”
EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYMENT
August 2014-Present:
Assistant Professor in English Literature. Department of English Literature
and Linguistics, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar (Modernism, Introduction to
English Literature I & II, Victorian Literature)
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January 2014-March 2014: Postdoctoral Teaching Associate/ Dramaturg. Department of English. Centre
for Theatre and Drama Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway.
September 2012-December 2012: Assistant Lecturer. Department of Classics. National University of
Ireland, Galway.
September 2008-May 2011: Doctoral Tutor: Department of English & Department of Classics. National
University of Ireland, Galway.
July 2010:Teaching Assistant.Epidaurus Summer School. Department of Theatre Studies, Kapodistrian
University of Athens & University of Oxford.
September 2007-May 2008: Assistant Lecturer. Department of Classics. National University of
Ireland, Galway.
September 2006- May 2007: Graduate Teaching Assistant. Department of Classics. National University of
Ireland, Galway.
September 2005-May 2006: Graduate Tutor in English Literature. Disability Office, School of Languages,
Literatures & Cultures, National University of Ireland, Galway.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
“ Tragic Palimpsests: Versions of Antigone for the Irish Theatre in Local and Global Contexts (1984-­‐
2008). (in progress) Articles 2014, “The House of Oedipus”. Introduction to the Programme Note of the Opera Thebans (based on the libretto by Frank McGuinness and music by Julian Anderson). Pp.22-­‐6, Cantate Communications Publication, English National Opera, London, United Kingdom. 2014, “About Electra.” Introduction to Programme Note of the production of Frank McGuinness’s Electra. Theatre Week, National University of Ireland, Galway. Forthcoming, “A Suburban Oresteia: Simon Doyle’s Off Plan and the Architecture of Dispossession”.
In Epidaurus Encounters, eds. C.Hanratty & E.Ioannidou, Athens-Epidaurus: Parodos Verlag.
Forthcoming, “Towards a Redress of Tragedy: Irish plays of the New Millennium.” In Life is a (Greek)
Tragedy. Helsinki: University of Helsinki Press.
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2011 “Antigone stopped in Belfast: Stacey Gregg’s Ismene, New Voices in Classical Reception Studies, The Open University, 2011, Volume 6: 53-­‐72. 2009 “Visualizing Terror: Irish Antigones and Contemporary Political Tragedies.” In http://www.interdisciplinary.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/howleypaper.pdf. Oxford: inter-disciplinary.net: 1-11.
Book Chapters 2010 “Rehearsing Instabilities in Aidan Carl Mathews’ The Antigone. In Tragic Heroines on Ancient and Modern Stage, eds. Maria de Fatima Silva & Susana Hora Marques. Portugal: Classica Digitalia Universitatis Conimbrigiensis, Centre of Classical and Humanistic Studies, University of Coimbra, 1a/2010: 37-­‐62. 2009 “The Popularity and Reception of Antigone in Contemporary Irish Drama: Five Versions.” In Philological Explorations, ed. Gilda Socarras, Athens: ATINER, 2009: 249-­‐64. Reviews 2014, Interrogating Antigone in Postmodern Philosophy and Criticism. S.Wilmer and A.Zukauskaite (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. In Hermathena: A Trinity College Dublin Review, Spring 2014 . 2014, Theatre Review of Yerma by Federico Garcia Lorca, directed by Max Hafler, Druid Theatre, Sin Newspaper NUIG, Issue 10, 433, March 2014. 2013 Mediterranean Travels: Writing Self and Other from the Ancient World to Contemporary Society. Patrick Crowley, Noreen Humble and Silvia Ross (eds.), London: Legenda, 2011. Aigne Journal, University College Cork, Special Italian Edition, Spring 2013. HONORS & AWARDS 2012 and 2013 Michalis Cacoyannis Award, Postdoctoral Research in “Ancient Drama:
Influences and Contemporary Approaches,” Greece. Michalis Cacoyiannis Foundation
and Stanford University, Athens, Greece (2012-2014)
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New Scholar’s Prize, The Archive of Performances of Greek Drama in Europe.
2008
Graduate Student Award, School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, NUIG.
2003
Caritas Prize for Greek Postgraduate Research Excellence, Athens, Greece.
2002
Honor for Outstanding Scholar/ Higher Distinction in English Literature, The American
College of Greece- Deree.
2001
New Poet Award, Melodia Magazine.
FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS 2010
PhD Write-­‐up Bursary for Distinguished Dissertation, School of Languages, Literatures & 3
Cultures, NUI Galway (amount undisclosed). 2009 Galway University Foundation Award for Research Excellence, 2009
Finnish Institute of Athens Travel Bursary for Research.
2008
Doctoral Research Travel Bursary School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, NUI
Galway
2005-2008 Research Grant, Mayo County Council Higher Education Research Grant.
2002
Christopher Gould Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Scholar/ Higher Distinction in
English Literature, The American College of Greece- Deree.
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Michael Anagnos Student Scholarship, The American College of Greece.
1998 Deree Merit Scholarship for Leaving Certificate Excellence, The American College of Greece. TEACHING & RESEARCH INTERESTS (see past course description later) Reception studies, cultural theory, philosophy, critical theory, adaptation, translation, comparative literature,
writing and cultural politics, postmodern and postcolonial theory, inter-textuality, English and Irish literature,
Greek tragedy, Modern Greek Poetry, modernism and post-modernism, Classics and popular culture, myth,
theatre, human rights, social and political activism, Irish nationalism, war and conflict, post-conflict Northern
Irish drama, violence, memory, mourning, suffering, democracy, media ethics, post-humanism, feminism,
gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, civic identity, psychoanalysis, performance politics, film and art. With
studies in English literature, Cultural Politics, Philosophy, and the Classics, my research tools stem from a
wide, inter-disciplinary field in the humanities.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2013, “Greek Tragedy and Contemporary Irish Playwrights.” Michalis Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens, Greece, September 2013. 2012, “Ancient Drama: Influences and Contemporary Approaches,” Michalis Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens, Greece, September 2012. 2011, “Another taking place: Antigone in Northern Ireland Now.” Irish Theatre History Conference: Archives, Historiography, Politics-­ Ten Years on”‘Performance, Memory, Futures.” National University of Ireland, Galway, November 2011. 2010, “The Irish Antigone Complex.” The Classical Association Annual Conference, Cardiff University. April 2010. 2009, “Visualizing Terror: Irish plays and Contemporary Political Tragedies. Fear, Horror, Terror: At the Interface, 3rd Global Conference, Inter-­‐disciplinary Net, Mansfield College, Oxford, September 2009. 2009, “Paint it dark: Aidan C.Mathews’ The Antigone between text and performance.” Players and Painted Stage Symposium. The Irish Society for Theatre Research/ Cumann Taighde (ISTR), Sligo IT, May 2009. 2009, “Irish Antigones 1984: Brendan Kennelly, Aidan Carl Mathews, Tom Paulin.” Irish Literature in
Global Contexts Research Seminar. The School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Department
of French & Department of Spanish. National University of Ireland, Galway, April 2009.
2009, “Towards a Redress of (Greek) Tragedy: Irish Antigones of the New Millennium. Life is a (Greek) Tragedy Colloquium. Finnish Institute of Athens, Greece, February 2009. 2009, “Rehearsing Instabilities in Aidan Carl Mathews’ The Antigone.” Tragic Heroines on Ancient and Modern Stage, Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de 4
Coimbra, Portugal, January 2009. 2008, “The Popularity and Reception of Antigone in Contemporary Irish Drama: Five Plus One Versions.” International Conference on Literature, Languages, and Linguistics, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, July 2008. 2008, “A Re-­‐Sister of Civil Disobedience: Greek tragedy in Dublin. Exploring European Identities/Ideologies by means of (Re)presentations of Ancient Greek Drama, Epidaurus Summer School, organized by the European Network of Research and Documentation of Performances of Ancient Greek Drama, under the auspices of the Faculty of Theatre Studies, School of Philosophy, University of Athens and the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford: Epidaurus, Greece, July 2008. 2003, “Bertolt Brecht and Epic Theatre: The Nichtaristotelisches Drama.” Tragedy and Modernity, University of Edinburgh, April 2003. 2002, “Breakdown and Uneasiness in Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook and James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake.” Explorations in Postmodernism Seminars, University of Edinburgh, December 2002. 2002, “Georges Poulet and the Question of Interiority.” Criticism: Theory and Practice, The American College of Greece-­‐Deree, April 2002. 2002, “An Errand into the Wilderness? Puritanism and American Colonial Literature.” American History Seminars Series, The American College of Greece-­‐Deree, February 2002 2001, “An ox stand huge upon my tongue: Language and Symbolic Power in King Lear.” Shakespeare Seminars, The American College of Greece-­‐Deree, December 2001. 2001, “ Natural Dialecticism in Neoclassical Literature: The Case of John Wilmot.” English Studies Association, March 2001. 2000, “Light Regained: Physical Blindness and Inner Sight in John Milton’s Samson Agonistes and Paradise Lost. “ Comparative Literature Association, The American College of Greece-­‐Deree, October 2000. INVITED TALKS/ WORKSHOPS Speaker, “Electra for the Greek and International Stage,” Talk delivered to the cast of Electra (by Frank McGuinness) starring Kristin Scott-­‐Thomas, that will be produced by The Old Vic from September to December 2014, The Old Vic, London, UK. Speaker, “Challenging Limits: Performances of Ancient Drama, Controversies and Debates.” Ancient Greek Drama Summer School, Lavrion and Epidaurus, June-­‐July 2014. Speaker/Philological Consultant, “Mourning Becomes Revenge: From Hugo von Hofmannsthal to Frank McGuinness.” Department of English, Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway, February 2014. Speaker, “Rethinking the Political: Modern Irish Drama & Trauma.” Classics for the 21st Century, National University of Ireland, Galway, November 2012. 5
Speaker, “Antigone on the Contemporary Irish Stage.” Royal Irish Academy Colloquium in Classical and Near Eastern Studies, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, November 2012. Speaker, “Persona: Modern Irish Drama and Greek tragedy.” Drama and Acting Seminar, ARTIRIA Project, Ionian Cultural Centre, Lefkada, Greece, July 2012. Speaker, “A Suburban Oresteia: Simon Doyle’s Off Plan and the Architecture of Dispossession Epidaurus Forum 2010, the European Network of Research and Documentation of Performances of Ancient Greek Drama, under the auspices of the Faculty of Theatre Studies, School of Philosophy, University of Athens and the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford, Epidaurus, Greece, July 2010. Speaker, “Return to Mycenae: Aeschylus Oresteia for the Greek Stage.” Classics for the 21st Century, CIRCUS Seminars 2010, Department of Classics, National University of Ireland, Galway, March 2010 Speaker/Philological Consultant, “Modern Approaches to The Trojan Women: A Retrospective.” The Trojan Women, directed by Rodrigo Rodriguez. Bennatti Productions, The Core Dublin, Smock Alley Theatre, May 2009. Speaker, “The (Un) Buried Body: A Study on Tragedy and Mourning.” Classics for the 21st Century,
CIRCUS Seminars 2009, Department of Classics, National University of Ireland, Galway, March 2009.
DRAMATURGY (selected) 2014, Electra by Frank McGuinness, dir. Charlotte McIvor National University of Ireland, Galway, Theatre Week, March 2014. 2010, Philocteta: A Loose Adaptation based on Sophocles, dir. Natasha Remoundou-­‐Howley Kapodistrian University of Athens, Epidaurus Summer School, July 2010. 2009, The Trojan Women by Sophocles, dir. Rodrigo Rodriguez The Core Dublin, Smock Alley Theatre, June 2009. TRAINING COURSES AND SEMINARS March-­‐May 2013, Digital Scholarship Seminar. Moore Institute, NUI Galway. January-­‐March 2013, Irish Memory Studies Lecture Series. Humanities Institute, University College, Dublin. September 2012-­‐September 2014, Ancient Drama: Influences and Contemporary Approaches. A three-­‐
year research project at the Michalis Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens, Greece with the participation of Stanford University and other International Academic Institutions. July 2010: Epidaurus Forum. Organized by the European Network of Research and Documentation of Performances of Ancient Greek Drama under the auspices of the Faculty of Theatre Studies, School of Philosophy, Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford. 2009-­‐2010, E-­‐Seminar Classics in The Modern World: A Democratic Turn?,Classical Receptions in Drama and Poetry in English, The Open University, UK. 6
January-­‐April 2006, Introduction to Literature in Irish. Instructors: Louis de Paor and Nessa Cronin, Institute for Irish Studies, NUI Galway. December 2006, Warwick University Winter Term Seminars: Generations: Freud, Sophocles and Modern Identities, Rachel Bowlby, University College, London, organized by the Classics Department. September-­‐December 2001, Workshop on Translation: English Poetry (Postmodernism), Department of English, The American College of Greece. September 1999-­‐June 2000, Translation Studies Seminar at ΕΚΕΜΕΛ, Athens, Greece. Project: The Poetry of John Ashberry translated in Greek. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Contributing Editor, “The House of Oedipus”, Programme Note article for The English National Opera, London, UK, The Thebans in a libretto for the opera by Frank McGuinness and music by Julian Anderson. Convenor, Post-­show Public Talk with the playwright Frank McGuinness, National University of Ireland, Galway, March 2014. *Interviewed the playwright and the director Dr.Charlotte McIvor in a public talk that was part of Theatre Week in Galway University and was filmed. *In charge of the public discussion with the audience and the questions for the playwright and the director. *collaborated on the publicity campaign and press conference. Programme Assistant, National University of Ireland, Galway, September-­‐December 2012. *Worked with Dr.Michael Clarke on the design of two course curricula in terms of content and structure. * Served as Assistant lecturer replacing Professor Clarke while on his Sabbatical leave. Research Assistant/Member of the Organizing Committee/Speaker, Epidaurus Summer School-­‐ Forum, July 2010. *Procured guest artists and speakers (Peter Sellars, Oliver Taplin, Lee Breuer) for workshops and lectures. *Facilitated bookings for cultural events/tickets and group events. * Coordinated the planning of the school program and curriculum Editorial Associate, Inter-­‐disciplinary Net, October-­‐December 2009. *Processing of submissions, evaluation and diagnosis of stylistic matters for the essays selected for publication. *Some copyediting of essays that successfully completed the peer review process. Convenor, Speaker in Postgraduate Seminars Series, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, NUIG, February 2009. *Chaired the academic panel *Coordinated the public discussion of the post-­‐talks. Conference Planning Committee Member 2009, Tragic Heroines on Ancient and Modern Stage, University of Coimbra, Portugal, January 2009. *Contributed to the planning of the sessions *Chaired a session and facilitated production and distribution of publicity material. Programme Assistant, Philosophy Course, National University of Ireland, Galway, September 2007. *Worked with Professor Brian Arkins on the design of the course curriculum in terms of content 7
and structure. *Served as Assistant lecturer replacing Professor Arkins while on his Sabbatical leave. *Supervised the MA essays of four postgraduate students. Assistant Librarian, The American College of Greece-­‐Deree, 1997-­‐2001 *Assisting in the student library services *Assisting in book organization and cataloguing *Organizing academic events relating to the English Department * Dealing with database search, returns and borrowing books *Assisting in the PC s *Assisting with the order of the Library Archives Foreign Languages Instructor, Vasiliadou School, Athens, Greece, 1997-­‐2001 * Planned and taught English, French and Italian to elementary and secondary school pupils. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Member of the organizing committee of the European Network of Research and Documentation of Performances of Ancient Greek Drama (ARC-­‐NET), Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, of the National University of Ireland, Galway, member of the Michalis Cacoyiannis Foundation, the European Network for Comparative Literary Studies (ENCLS), the Irish Society for Theatre Research (ISTR), the Classical Association of Ireland (CAI), the Classical Reception Studies Network (CRSN), the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR), the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures (IASIL), and the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens (IIHSA). LANGUAGES: Modern Greek, English, Italian, French, Ancient Greek, Latin. PAST COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Electra from page to stage: a study in dramaturgy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Spring 2014 A research course exploring the performance tradition of Electra from antiquity to Neoclassicism, modernism and postmodernism. We examine the role of Electra and her impact on historical junctures in Greece, England, France, Spain, Germany, and Ireland and their respective theatrical traditions but also how intersecting categories of ethnicity, gender, and nation intervene in the reception of the play in the creation of modern drama as a genre. The course draws from theatre and performance but also history, art, psychoanalysis and opera. Studies in Ancient Greek Literature and Thought, National University of Ireland, Galway, Fall 2012 This course introduces students to the three major Greek tragedians (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides) and their respective representative tragedies (The Oresteia, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone, Medea, Hippolytus, The Bacchae), the evolution of western theatre through the tragic medium and complex notions such as gender, mourning, and politics read opposite seminal theoretical works by Aristotle, Plato, Edith Hall, Jacques Derrida, Friedrich Nietzsche, Simon Goldhill, Cornelios Castoriadis and Stathis Gourgouris. The purpose of this course is to provide students with a critical vocabulary when thinking about tragedy but also familiarize themselves 8
with the conventions and basic concepts relating to Greek tragedy, and be able to compare and contrast this tradition to contemporary notions of the “tragic” experience. Myth and Religion, National University of Ireland, Galway, Fall 2012
A course divided in two parts (art & archeology and literature) designed to introduce students to major
literary texts and traditions. Students explore the epic tradition and the religious belief system of diverse
cultures through a comparative study of texts such as the Epic of Gilgamesh, Theogony, Works and
Days, the Library of Apollodorus and The Odyssey. The lectures are focused on early Greek myth,
especially the concept of the journey and the hero as a figure poised between men and gods,
concentrating on artistic evidence from vase-painting and narrative evidence from early epic
poetry. We will also look at the renewal of myth in later ages including its recreation in early
Irish literature.
Sexuality in Ancient Greek Literature, National University of Ireland, Galway, Fall 2008 This course explores the representation of sexuality and gender in ancient Greek culture and literature. The interrelationship between literary form and thematic content focuses on the texts of Plato, Sappho, the Lyric poets, and Aristophanes opposite contemporary Philosophical essays by Foucault, Halperin, and Copjec. Classical Reception in Modern Irish Literature, National University of Ireland, Galway, Fall 2008
This course explores intertextuality, translation and adaptation in modern receptions of major texts of the Western tradition. The emphasis is on Greek themes and plots and their reinscription
in English and Irish literature.
MA Seminar: Antigone & Medea in Ireland, National University of Ireland, Galway, Spring 2008 The course examines the role of these two female tragic characters in contemporary plays and broader debates about Irish politics, gender and culture without eschewing the global appeal of these plays/versions. We study seven versions of Antigone and three of Medea.. Introduction to Philosophy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Fall 2007 This introductory course to the fundamentals of Western Philosophy draws its material from seminal
texts by the Pre-Socratics to 20th century theoretical formulations on knowledge. The students learn
about the evolution of philosophical thought from antiquity to the present in a rigorous critical analysis of representative schools of thought that shape contemporary philosophical theories. Classical Civilizations I & II, National University of Ireland, Galway, Fall 2007 & Spring 2008
A two-course sequence that focuses on diverse aspects of the study of Classics (Greek &
Roman). We study Greek and Roman art, literature and architecture.
Survey in English Literature I&II, National University of Ireland, Galway, Fall & Spring 2005-­‐2009 Teaching assistant/tutor for self-devised English Literature course exploring different literary genres from the
11th century old English texts through Elizabethan theatre, Shakespeare and the Metaphysical poets to
Neoclassicism, English Romanticism, Victorian literature, modernism and postmodernism. 9
REFERENCES Dr. Charlotte McIvor. Lecturer 00353 91524411-­‐2568 [email protected] Department of English, National University of Ireland, Galway Dr. Brian Arkins. Professor Emeritus (retired) 00353 91523057
Department of Classics, National University of Ireland, Galway
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Dr. Platon Mavromoustakos. 0030 210 7277928
[email protected]
Faculty of Theatre Studies, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Dr.Martine Cuypers. Lecturer. 00353 18961930
[email protected]
School of Histories and Humanities, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Dr.Stephen Wilmer, Fellow Emeritus, Drama
[email protected]
Deaprtment of Drama, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Dr.Lionel Pilkington. Professor of English, 00353 91524411-3078 [email protected]
Department of English, National University of Ireland, Galway
Dr. Edward Herring. Dean of Arts
00353 91 493383
edward.herringnuigalway.ie
College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Dr. Fiona Macintosh. Lecturer
0044 1865276884 [email protected]
St.Hilda’s College, University of Oxford, UK
Dr.Hariclea Zengos. Associate Dean
0030 210 6009800 [email protected]
Department of English, The American College of Greece-Deree
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Dr.Olga Taxidou Professor 00441316503611 [email protected]
Department of English, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
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