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Book Title: Against Ambience and OTHER Essays
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Seth Kim-Cohen
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: History / Contemporary (1945-), Criticism & Theory, General, Aesthetics
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Art, Music, Philosophy
Item Weight: 15.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
