Recognitions: A Study in Poetics (Clarendon Paperbacks)
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Recognitions: A Study in Poetics (Clarendon Paperbacks) by Terence Cave is a general-interest book whose subject is easy to identify. The copy shown here is 1990 • Oxford Univ Pr on Demand • 544 pages.
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Paperback: ISBN-13 9780198151630
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