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Book Title: Beginning at the End : Decadence, Modernism, and Postcolonial Poetry
Number of Pages: 392 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 1.3 in
Topic: Modern / 21st Century, Modern / 20th Century, General, Poetry, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Political Science
Item Weight: 20 oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Robert Stilling
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
