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Book Title: Shakespeare As a Way of Life : Skeptical Practice and the Politics of Weakness
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: James Kuzner
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Epistemology, Shakespeare, History & Theory
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Political Science
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
