Dubbelboer Marieke - The subversive poetics of Alfred Jarry: Ubusing culture in the Almanachs de Père Ubu

THE SUBVERSIVE POETICS OF ALFRED JARRY
UBUSING CULTURE IN THE ALMANACHS DU PRE UBU

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Ubusing Culture in the Almanachs du Pre Ubu

MARIEKE DUBBELBQER

First published 2012

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