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Book Title: Spenserian Moments
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 1.6in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Gordon Teskey
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Renaissance, General, Poetry, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Literary Criticism
Item Weight: 33.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 552 Pages
