Alternate Histories and Nineteenth-Century Literature
Untimely Meditations in Britain, France, and America
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
Av Ben Carver
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2017-10-27
- Mått148 x 210 x 28 mm
- Vikt567 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SeriePalgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
- Antal sidor292
- Upplaga17001
- FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
- ISBN9781137573339