Women Writing Nature
A Feminist View
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
Av Barbara Cook
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2007-12-14
- Mått154 x 230 x 12 mm
- Vikt236 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieAfter the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
- Antal sidor152
- FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
- ISBN9780739119136