Going after the liquid chronotope: “towards the river mouth” performing Celati's literary map | International Conference – Waterscapes and Historic Canals as Cultural Heritage Session n. 6 – Imaging Waterscapes: Representations and Narrations | March 2015, Venice (original) (raw)
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