Professorship for English Literature
Organisational unit: Section
Organisation profile
In the English Literature section, our research and teaching focusses on a wide range of topics from a broadly Cultural Studies perspective. Areas of particular interest in our research include narratology, image studies, literary translation and adaptation, transnational phenomena, Irish literature, children’s literature as well as literature of the Romantic period and eighteenth-century literature situated at the interface of literature and music. In our teaching we offer courses in the Bachelor and Master programmes in Teacher Education and Cultural Studies. Seminar topics range from a general Introduction to English Literature to literary translation, transmedia storytelling, contemporary Irish short stories, children’s literature, the picturebook and other multimodal texts, literary nonsense, specific writers such as Oscar Wilde or genres such as eighteenth-century travel. We explore how literature works between and beyond the book covers in research-based seminars and project seminars in cooperation with partners in literary institutions, in theatre excursions and through guest lectures by contemporary authors and translators as well as by representatives of publishing houses and from the local theatre. Committed to our teaching, we employ different didactic approaches and methods, including blended learning, and use a variety of teaching materials specifically tailored to our students’ needs and interests.
Topics
Areas of research are comparative literature, translation studies, image studies, children's literature and literature in the classroom (intercultural aspects and children's literature in foreign language learning and teaching).
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Losses and gains in translation: some remarks on the translation of humour in the books of Aidan Chambers
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Reading the novels of Aidan Chambers. Chambers, N. (ed.). Stroud: Thimble Press, p. 111-134 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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More than the sum of its parts? Synergy and picturebook translation
O'Sullivan, E., 2010, Écrire et traduire pour les enfants: voix, images et mots. Di Giovanni, E., Elefante, C. & Pederzoli, R. (eds.). Brüssel: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 133-148 15 p. (Recherches comparatives sur les livres et le multimedia d´enfance; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Narratology meets translation studies, or, the voice of the translator in children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, Children's literature: Vol. 4: International and comparative. Hunt, P. (ed.). London [u.a.]: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 145-157 13 p. (Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Narratology meets translation studies, or, the voice of the translator in children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, The Translation of Children's Literature: a reader. Lathey, G. (ed.). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters , p. 98 -109 12 p. (Topics in translation; no. 31).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Oscar Wilde, "Der glückliche Prinz und andere Märchen"
Drews, J. & O'Sullivan, E., 2010, Wilde, Oscar: Der glückliche Prinz und andere Märchen. Zoozmann, R. (ed.). Frankfurt, M.: Fischer Taschenbuch-Verlag, p. 171-172 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Over here and over there: das Deutschlandbild in der britischen Literatur vor und nach der Wende
O'Sullivan, E., 2010, Grenzenlos: Mauerfall und Wende in (Kinder- und Jugend-)Literatur und Medien. Dettmar, U. & Oetken, M. (eds.). Heidelberg: Winter Universitätsverlag, p. 277-296 20 p. (Beiträge zur neueren Literaturgeschichte [Dritte Folge]; vol. 279).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Picture books in teacher training: creative writing and intercultural learning with Das Land der Ecken and Die Englandreise
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2005, Niemals zu früh und selten zu spät: Fremdsprachenunterricht in Schule und Erwachsenenbildung: Festschrift für Jürgen Quetz. Burwitz-Melzer, E. & Solmecke, G. (eds.). Berlin: Cornelsen-Verlag, p. 161-169 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Repräsentationen eigener und fremder Kulturen in der (Kinder)Literatur
O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Dialoge zwischen den Kulturen. Honnef-Becker, I. (ed.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 127-144 18 p. (Diskussionsforum Deutsch ; vol. 24).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Sprachliche Identität in Übersetzungen
O'Sullivan, E., 2016, Kulturelle Austauschprozesse in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Zur genrespezifischen Transformation von Themen, Stoffen und Motiven im medialen Kontext . Mairbäurl, G. & Seibert, E. (eds.). Wien: Praesens Verlag, p. 33-55 23 p. (Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung in Österreich; vol. 17).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Translating Pictures: the interaction of pictures and words in the translation of picture books
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, The translation of children's literature: a reader. Lathey, G. (ed.). Clevedon [u.a.]: Multilingual Matters , p. 113-121 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Translating pictures (1999)
O'Sullivan, E., 2008, Considering children's literature: A Reader. Schwenke Wyile, A. (ed.). Peterborough, Ontario [u.a.]: Broadview Press, p. 117-126 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ver- und Zurück-rückungen in und von "Alice in Wonderland"
O'Sullivan, E., 2016, gorkicht im gemank. : Mediale und ästhetische Ver-rückungen (in) der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. Lexe, H. (ed.). Wien: STUBE, p. 4-17 14 p. (fokus).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Zur Verortung des Bösen in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
O'Sullivan, E., 2008, Das Böse heute: Formen und Funktionen. Faulstich, W. (ed.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 101-111 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Zwischen Erziehung und Unterhaltung: zur Verortung der Kinderliteratur von Robinson der Jüngere bis Harry Potter
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, Unterhaltungskultur. Faulstich, W. & Knop, K. (eds.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 147-166 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Barrie, James Matthew: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 2. p. 143 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Boie, Kirsten
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, The Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature: Vol. 1: Aamu - Duan. Zipes, J. D. (ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford University Press, p. 178-179 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Edward Lear, A book of nonsense
Feest, C. F. & O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Kes - Len. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 9. p. 744 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Grahame, Kenneth: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 6. p. 527 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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James Matthew Barrie, Peter Pan or The boy who would not grow up
Gebsattel, J. & O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Bal - Bot. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 2. p. 143-144 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Jonathan Swift, A modest proposal for preventing the children of poor people of Ireland from beeing a burden to their parents or the country, and for making them beneficial to the public
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha - Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 795 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Jonathan Swift, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World: by Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha-Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 793-794 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Kenneth Grahame, The wind in the willows
Dittmar, W. & O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Gaa - Hah. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 6. p. 527 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2010, Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik. Surkamp, C. (ed.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 129-131 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2017, Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik: Ansätze-Methoden-Grundbegriffe. Surkamp, C. (ed.). 2 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 155-157 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Lear, Edward: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Kes-Len. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 9. p. 744 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Maar, Paul
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, The Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature: Vol. 3: Luca - Slot. Zipes, J. D. (ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford University Press, p. 9 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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O'Brien, Edna: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 12. p. 238 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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O'Casey, Sean: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 12. p. 246 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Oscar Wilde, The happy prince and other tales
Drews, J. & O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Vil-Z. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart [u.a.]: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 17. p. 429-430 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Stereotyp
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2010, Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik. Surkamp, C. (ed.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 298 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Stereotyp
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2017, Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik: Ansätze-Methoden-Grundbegriffe. Surkamp, C. (ed.). 2 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 339-340 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Swift, Jonathan: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Sha-Szy. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 15. p. 789 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Translation
O'Sullivan, E., 2006, The Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature: Vol. 4: Smad - Zwer. Zipes, J. D. (ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford University Press, p. 107-108 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Translation
O'Sullivan, E., 12.01.2021, Keywords for Children's Literature. Nel, P., Paul, L. & Christensen, N. (eds.). 2. ed. New York: New York University Press, p. 184-187 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Wertenbaker, Timerberlake: Biogramm
O'Sullivan, E., 2009, Kindlers Literatur-Lexikon: Vil-Z. Arnold, H. L. (ed.). 3 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, Vol. 17. p. 350 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
- Article in conference proceedings › Research › Peer-reviewed
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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur auch im Deutsch als Fremdsprache-Unterricht für Erwachsene?
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2011, Deutsch bewegt: Entwicklungen in der Auslandsgermanistik und Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache : Dokumentation der Plenarvorträge. Barkowski, H., Demmig, S., Funk, H. & Würz, U. (eds.). Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 315-325 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
- Article in conference proceedings › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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At the periphery of the periphery: children's literature, global and local
O'Sullivan, E., 2007, Global fragments: (dis)orientation in the new world order. Bartels, A. & Wiemann, D. (eds.). Amsterdam: Rodopi, p. 241-258 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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German Children's Literature Planting a Hope
O'Sullivan, E., 2014, Literature Planting Dreams in Children: Papers presented at the 3rd World Children's Literature Convention in Changwon. 8-12 August 2014. p. 206-217 12 p. (Publications of the Asian Children's Literature Convention).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
- Special Journal issue › Research
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1968: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2018
Dettmar, U. (ed.), von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 2018, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 199 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2018)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Fakt, Fake und Fiktion: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2019
von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.), Staiger, M. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 01.12.2019, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 220 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2019)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Flucht und Migration: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2017
Dettmar, U. (ed.), von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 2017, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 233 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2017)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Genre(s): Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2023
von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), Lötscher, C. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Stemmann, A. (ed.), 01.12.2023, Frankfurt: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 169 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2023)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Klänge: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung | GKJF 2021
von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), Lötscher, C. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 01.12.2021, Frankfurt: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 186 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2021)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Natur schreiben: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung 2022
von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), Lötscher, C. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 2022, Frankfurt: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 247 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2022)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Träume: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung | GKJF 2020
von Glasenapp, G. (ed.), O'Sullivan, E. (ed.), Roeder, C. (ed.) & Tomkowiak, I. (ed.), 2020, Frankfurt am Main: Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung. 193 p. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung; vol. 2020)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
- Monographs › Research › Peer-reviewed
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Historical Dictionary of Children's Literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2023, 2 ed. Lanham, Boulder, New York, London: Rowmann & Littlefield . 409 p. (Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Poetik der Nation: Englishness in der englischen Romantik
Köhler, U. K., 26.09.2019, Leiden/Boston: Brill Rodopi. 254 p. (Studia Imagologica; vol. 25)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
- Monographs › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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Historical dictionary of children's literature
O'Sullivan, E., 2010, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 372 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Kinder- und Jugendliteratur im Fremdsprachenunterricht
O'Sullivan, E. & Rösler, D., 2013, Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag. 230 p. (Stauffenburg Einführungen; vol. 23)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Syngritikē paidikē logotechnia: basismenē sto biblio tes Kinderliterasche Kobaratistik
O'Sullivan, E., 2010, Thessalonikē u.a.: Epikentro. 429 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research