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Add new Web site: Queen Mary Research Online - Double or Dual-Natured?: Consciousness and Race in Nella Larsen’s Passing (PDF). Dec 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Portland State University - PDXScholar - The Power of an Unreliable Narrator and the Distortion of Fear in Nella Larsen’s PassingDistortion of Fear in Nella Larsen’s Passing. Jul 02, 2024
Add new Web site: NPR - 'Passing' — the original 1929 novel — is disturbingly brilliant. Feb 23, 2024
Add new Web site: The New York Times - The Performance of Racial Passing. Jan 10, 2024
Media added. Dec 05, 2023
Article revised. Nov 24, 2023
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