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Book Title: The Victorian Period: The Intellectual And Cultural Context ...

Number of Pages: 336 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Victorian Period : the Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature, 1830-1890

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Year: 1994

Item Height: 0.7 in

Subject: Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), General, Europe / Great Britain / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Item Weight: 14.4 Oz

Type: Textbook

Item Length: 5.4 in

Subject Area: Literary Criticism, History

Author: Robin Gilmour

Item Width: 8.5 in

Series: Longman Literature in English Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback