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Book Title: What Is World Literature?
Number of Pages: 344 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: What Is World Literature?
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Comparative Literature, General, Semiotics & Theory, Translating & Interpreting
Publication Year: 2003
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: David Damrosch
Series: Translation/Transnation Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
