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Book Title: Proclaiming A Classic: The Canonization Of Orlando Furioso
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Proclaiming a Classic : the Canonization of Orlando Furioso
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: Poetry, European / Italian
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism
Author: Daniel Javitch
Item Length: 9.4 in
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Item Width: 6.6 in
Format: Hardcover
