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Book Title: Arbitrary Power: Romanticism, Language, Politics
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Name: Arbitrary Power : Romanticism, Language, Politics
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: European / General, General, Subjects & Themes / Politics, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2015
Item Weight: 11 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.4 in
Author: William Keach
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Literature in History Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
