John Skelton and Poetic Authority
Defining the Liberty to Speak
Inbunden, Engelska, 2006
Av Jane Griffiths, University of Oxford) Griffiths, Jane (Fellow in English, St Edmund Hall
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2006-02-23
- Mått144 x 224 x 19 mm
- Vikt421 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieOxford English Monographs
- Antal sidor226
- FörlagClarendon Press
- ISBN9780199273607