The Abject and the Oedipal in Sonya Hartnett's Sleeping Dogs

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  • Joanne McPherson

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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl1999vol9no3art1354

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Sonya Hartnett, Sleeping Dogs, incestuous relationships, identity, Julia Kristeva, power, parents

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1999-12-01

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“The Abject and the Oedipal in Sonya Hartnett’s Sleeping Dogs” (1999) Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature, 9(3), pp. 15–22. doi:10.21153/pecl1999vol9no3art1354.

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