No Island is an Island: Four Glances at English Literature in a World Perspective

No Island is an Island: Four Glances at English Literature in a World Perspective
ISBN-10
0231116284
ISBN-13
9780231116282
Category
Difference (Psychology) in literature
Pages
158
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Authors
Carlo Ginzburg, Franklin D Murphy Professor of Italian Renaissance Studies Carlo Ginzburg

Description

From the author of "The Cheese and the Worms" comes a quartet of luminous explorations into English literature, from Sir Thomas More to Robert Louis Stevenson. 14 illustrations.

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