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Book Title: Emerson
Item Length: 0.8in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.5in
Author: Lawrence Buell
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Literary, American / General, United States / General
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History
Item Weight: 15.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
