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Book Title: The Rhetoric Of Fictionality: Narrative Theory And The Idea ...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Richard Walsh
Publication Name: Rhetoric of Fictionality : Narrative Theory and the Idea of Fiction
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Series: Theory Interpretation Narrativ Ser.
Type: Textbook
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
