This book introduces in a lively and succinct way the major writers, literary movements, styles and genres that, at the beginning of a new century, are seen as constituting the field of Australian literature. The book consciously takes a perspective that sees literary works not as aesthetic objects
The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
โ Scribed by Elizabeth Archibald, Ad Putter
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 283
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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