“Tropological” possible worlds: Allegorical extratextual referentiality of postmodern space in Calvino’s Invisible Cities
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عنوان ژورنال: Cogent Arts & Humanities
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2331-1983
DOI: 10.1080/23311983.2018.1508808