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Book Title: The Problem With Pleasure: Modernism And Its Discontents
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Laura Frost
Publication Name: Problem with Pleasure : Modernism and Its Discontents
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
