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Book Title: Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic And Interwar Literat...
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Elizabeth Outka
Publication Name: Viral Modernism : the Influenza Pandemic and Interwar Literature
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Series: Modernist Latitudes Ser.
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 344 Pages
