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| Author | : Ruth Morse |
| File Size | : 42,6 Mb |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 07 February 2013 |
| ISBN | : 9781107016279 |
| Pages | : 280 pages |
This book gives readers the opportunity to appreciate Shakespeare from the perspectives of the late-medieval European traditions that surrounded him.
This book gives readers the opportunity to appreciate Shakespeare from the perspectives of the late-medieval European traditions that surrounded him.
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