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Book Title: Culture Writing: Literature And Anthropology In The Midcentu...
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Culture Writing : Literature and Anthropology in the Midcentury Atlantic World
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Modern / 20th Century, General
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism
Item Length: 6.2 in
Author: Tim Watson
Series: Modernist Literature and Culture Ser.
Item Width: 9.3 in
Format: Hardcover
