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Book Title: Topophrenia: Place, Narrative, And The Spatial Imagination
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Robert T. Tally
Publication Name: Topophrenia : Place, Narrative, and the Spatial Imagination
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Series: The Spatial Humanities Ser.
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Number of Pages: 210 Pages
