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Book Title: Decadence In The Age Of Modernism
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 6.2in
Author: Alex Murray
Publication Name: Decadence in the Age of Modernism
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Year: 2019
Series: Hopkins Studies in Modernism Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages