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Book Title: Rousseau's Socratic Aemilian Myths: A Literary Collation Of ...
Item Height: 1.3in.
Author: Madeline B. Ellis
Publication Name: Rousseau's Socratic Aemilian Myths : a Literary Collation of Emile and the Social Contract
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: The Ohio State University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Type: Textbook
