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- Author
- Manuele Gragnolati, Almut Suerbaum (eds.)
- Publisher
- Saur, K. G., Verlag. ein Imprint der Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783110222463
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Literary Criticism, Philosophy
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