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Book Title: Aesthetic Individualism And Practical Intellect: American Al...
Number of Pages: 262 Pages
Publication Name: Aesthetic Individualism and Practical Intellect : American Allegory in Emerson, Thoreau, Adams, and James
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 0.5 in
Subject: Individual Philosophers, American / General, Historical
Publication Year: 2014
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.9 in
Author: Olaf Hansen
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Biography & Autobiography
Item Width: 7 in
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Format: Trade Paperback
