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Sommer D. Resisting the Heat: Menchú, Morrison, and Incompetent Readers. In: Pease D, Kaplan A Cultures of United States Imperialism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press ; 1994.

Sommer D, de la Parra T. "Introduction" and "Mirror, Mirror, in Mother’s Room". In: de Onís TH, Fornoff TF Mama Blanca’s Memoirs. Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh University Press ; 1993.

Sommer D. Cortez in the Courts: The Traps of Translation from Newsprint to Film. In: Garber M The Dissident Spectator. New York: Routledge ; 1993.

Sommer D. Plagiarized Authenticity: Sarmiento’s Cooper and Others. In: Firmat GP Do the Americas Have a Literature? Durham, NC: Duke University Press ; 1990.

Sommer D. Irresistible Romance: The Foundational Fictions of Latin America. In: Bhabha H Nation and Narration. New York: Routledge ; 1990.

Sommer D. Whitman: The Bard of Both Americas. In: Kummings DD Approaches to Teaching Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. New York: Modern Language Association ; 1990.

Sommer D. El género desconstruido: Cómo releer el canon a partir de La Vorágine. In: Ordóñez M Ensayos sobre La vorágine. Madrid: Alianza ; 1988.

Sommer D. Not Just a Personal Story: Women’s Testimonios and the Plural Self. In: Schenck C, Brodzki B Life/Lines: Theoretical Essays on Women’s Autobiography. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press ; 1988.

Sommer D, Yúdice G. The Boom in Spanish American Literature: A General Introduction. In: McCaffery L Postmodern Fiction: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide. Westfield, NY: Greenwood Press ; 1986.

Sommer D. Supplying Demand: Walt Whitman as the Liberal Self. In: LaGuardia G, Chevigny B Reinventing the Americas: Comparative Studies of Literature of the United States and Spanish America. New York: Cambridge University Press ; 1986.

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Sommer D. Thomas Mann’s Gentle Prophetic Voice. In: Wojcik J, Frontain R-J Poetic Prophecy in Western Literature. Cranbury, NJ: Fairleigh Dickenson University Press ; 1984.

Sommer D. America as Desire(d): Nathaniel Tarn’s Poetry of the Outsider as Insider. In: American Poetry. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico ; 1984.

Sommer D. History and Romanticism in Pedro Mir’s Cuando amaban las tierras comuneras. In: Revista de Estudios Hispánicos. Río Piedras, PR: Unversidad de Puerto Rico ; 1979.

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