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Book Title: Samuel Johnson And The Tragic Sense
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Samuel Johnson and the Tragic Sense
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Item Weight: 14 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Leopold Damrosch Jr., Leopold Damrosch
Item Length: 9.8 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism
Item Width: 5.8 in
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Format: Trade Paperback
