“She Was the Mad Woman”: Misdiagnosed Madness in Harriet Prescott Spofford’s “Her Story”
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عنوان ژورنال: European journal of American studies
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1991-9336
DOI: 10.4000/ejas.15277