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Literature, Linguistics & Criticism

‘Fear, good servants, bad lords’: fear of the other in Ursula K. Le guin’s the left hand of darkness

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Article: 2355773 | Received 05 Feb 2024, Accepted 10 May 2024, Published online: 08 Jun 2024

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