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Book Title: Paraliterary: The Making Of Bad Readers In Postwar America
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Paraliterary : the Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: United States / 20th Century, Reading Skills, General, American / General, Books & Reading, United States / General
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.8 in
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Merve Emre
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
