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Knausgaard’s My Struggle: The Interplay of Authority, Structure, and Style in Autobiographical Writing

Michael SalaSchool of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 157-170 | Published online: 30 May 2016

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