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Book Title: Art, Vision, And Nineteenth-Century Realist Drama: Acts Of S...
Number of Pages: 244 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Art, Vision, and Nineteenth-Century Realist Drama : Acts of Seeing
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Theater / General, Drama, Subjects & Themes / General
Item Weight: 16.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Amy Holzapfel
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Performing Arts
Item Length: 9.3 in
Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre and Performance Studies
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
