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Book Title: Avantgarde and American Postmodernity : Small Incisive Shocks
Number of Pages: 252 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Publication Year: 2009
Topic: Children's & Young Adult Literature, Modern / 20th Century, General, Aesthetics, American / General, Semiotics & Theory
Item Height: 0.6 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Art, Philosophy
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Author: Philip Nel
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
