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Book Title: Sweet Science: Romantic Materialism And The New Logics Of Li...
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Sweet Science : Romantic Materialism and the New Logics of Life
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Item Height: 1 in
Subject: Modern / 18th Century, European / German, General, Modern / 19th Century, Poetry, History, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year: 2017
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Amanda Jo Goldstein
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Science
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
