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David Barnes
Venice Myth [PDF ebook]
Culture, Literature, Politics, 1800 to the Present

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Venice holds a unique place in literary and cultural history. Barnes looks at the themes of war, occupation, resistance and fascism to see how the political background has affected the literary works that have come out of this great city. He focuses on key British and American writers, including Byron, Ruskin, Pound and Eliot.

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Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● Seiten 192 ● ISBN 9781317317500 ● Verlag Taylor and Francis ● Erscheinungsjahr 2015 ● herunterladbar 3 mal ● Währung EUR ● ID 4446780 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM

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