Veni, Vidi, Vici: The Goddess Athena in Vonnegut, Irving, and King Stories

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  • Heidi Strengell University of Lapland

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Kurt Vonnegut, Steven King, John Irving, Postmodernism, Myth

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Veni, Vidi, Vici: The Goddess Athena in Vonnegut, Irving, and King Stories. (2004). Postgraduate English: A Journal and Forum for Postgraduates in English, 9. https://postgradenglishjournal.awh.durham.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/pgenglish/article/view/35