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Book Title: Cultural Institutions of the Novel
Item Length: 9.8in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.9in
Author: William B. Warner
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Year: 1996
Genre: Literary Criticism
Item Weight: 30.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 496 Pages
