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Research Article

Pull Your Self Together: The Dangers of Dissociation in Old English Poetry

Simon C. ThomsonInstitut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Philosophische Fakultät, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland/GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Received 28 Jun 2023, Accepted 13 Mar 2024, Published online: 30 Apr 2024

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