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Book Title: Dramatic Action In Greek Tragedy And Noh: Reading With And B...
Number of Pages: 126 Pages
Publication Name: Dramatic Action in Greek Tragedy and Noh : Reading with and Beyond Aristotle
Language: English
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Subject: Drama, Asian / Japanese, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.4 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 6.9 Oz
Author: Mae J. Smethurst
Item Length: 8.9 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Philosophy
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
