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Book Title: Inscription And Erasure: Literature And Written Culture From...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Roger Chartier
Publication Name: Inscription and Erasure : Literature and Written Culture from the Eleventh to the Eighteenth Century
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication Year: 2008
Series: Material Texts
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
