The Supernatural and the Functions of the Gothic in Daphne du Maurier’s ‘The Birds’ and ‘Don’t Look Now’

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2011-05-16

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Korkut Naykı, Nil

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2nd Global Conference - The Gothic: Exploring Critical Issues

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N. Korkut Naykı, “The Supernatural and the Functions of the Gothic in Daphne du Maurier’s ‘The Birds’ and ‘Don’t Look Now’,” presented at the 2nd Global Conference - The Gothic: Exploring Critical Issues, Warsaw, Poland, 2011, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/81337.