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Theorizing Archival Public Humanities Scholarship and Telling Excellent Stories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2025

Devoney Looser
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PMLA , Volume 140 , Issue 1 , January 2025 , pp. 136 - 144
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Copyright © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Modern Language Association of America

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