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Anna E. Altmann teaches children's literature in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta.
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Altmann, A.E. Welding brass tits on the armor: An examination of the quest metaphor in Robin McKinley'sThe Hero and the Crown . Child Lit Educ 23, 143–156 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01131038
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