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What Is World Literature?

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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

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