A handbook to literature: with an outline of literary history, English and American |
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| Title | A handbook to literature: with an outline of literary history, English and American |
| Authors | William Flint Thrall, Addison Hibbard |
| Publisher | The Odyssey Press, 1936 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Jul 27, 2011 |
| Length | 579 pages |
| Subjects | › American literature Criticism English language English literature Literary Criticism / General Literature |
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