Melodramatic Imagination
Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess
Häftad, Engelska, 1995
Av Peter Brooks
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum1995-11-29
- Mått155 x 235 x 13 mm
- Vikt380 g
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor251
- FörlagYale University Press
- EAN9780300065534