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Modern American poetry
β Scribed by Bloom, Harold
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publications; Chelsea House Publishers
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 401 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Philadelphia
- ISBN-13
- 9780791082379
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
- A comprehensive view of the major literary movements in Western history - An introduction by Harold Bloom and a selection of critical essays provides scholarly analysis on the major writers and works that defined each literary period - Features a chronology of important cultural, literary, and political events that helped shape each literary period.
β¦ Subjects
Poetry
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