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Book Title: Shakespeare And The Problem Of Adaptation
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Name: Shakespeare and the Problem of Adaptation
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Shakespeare, General
Publication Year: 2008
Item Weight: 20.9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Margaret Jane Kidnie
Subject Area: Literary Criticism
Item Width: 7.2 in
Format: Hardcover
