Staging Memory, Staging Strife
Empire and Civil War in the Octavia
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
Av Lauren Donovan Ginsberg, Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati) Ginsberg, Lauren Donovan (, GINSBERG
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2017-01-19
- Mått234 x 160 x 22 mm
- Vikt476 g
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor248
- FörlagOUP USA
- EAN9780190275952
- UtmärkelserJoint Winner of the 2018 First Book Award, Classical Association of the Midwest and South
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