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Book Title: Is Literature Healthy?: The Literary Agenda
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Name: Is Literature Healthy? : the Literary Agenda
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.3 in
Subject: Psychotherapy / General, General
Item Weight: 5.9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 7.7 in
Author: Josie Billington
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Psychology
Item Width: 5.4 in
Series: The Literary Agenda Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
