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Problematic Shores: The Literature of Islands [PDF ebook]

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Pokrywa Diana Loxley: Problematic Shores: The Literature of Islands (PDF)

The desert island has been one of the powerful and insistent motifs in British literature and this book deals with the reproduction of the desert island myth during the era of high imperialism in 19th century Britain. The book examines a series of works from Defoe to Stevenson.

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Język Angielski ● Format PDF ● ISBN 9781349108107 ● Wydawca Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Opublikowany 1990 ● Do pobrania 3 czasy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 4973392 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Adobe DRM

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