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‘Take Care Earth’: Death and Re-birth as an Eco-critical Paradigm in Doris Lessing’s Briefing for a Descent into Hell

Pages 64-75 | Received 16 Apr 2020, Accepted 19 Mar 2021, Published online: 29 Mar 2021

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