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The Hidden Subject of Job

Mirroring and the anguish of interminable desire

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Spero, M.H. (2007). The Hidden Subject of Job. In: Glas, G., Spero, M.H., Verhagen, P.J., van Praag, H.M. (eds) Hearing Visions and Seeing Voices. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5939-1_18

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