Contemporary Literary Criticism

Criticism of the Works of Today"s Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers, Scriptwriters, and Other Creative Writers (Contemporary Literary Criticism)

by Janet Witalec

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Published October 2002 by Thomson Gale .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Reference,
• Literature - Classics / Criticism,
• Literary Criticism,
• General

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The Physical Object
Format	Hardcover
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL8146637M
ISBN 10	0787659576
ISBN 10	9780787659578
OCLC/WorldCa	644709050

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