American Literature
- ISBN-10
- 0321916697
- ISBN-13
- 9780321916693
- Series
- American Literature
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 1500
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-08-09
- Publisher
- Longman Publishing Group
- Authors
- William E. Cain, Lance Newman, Alice McDermott
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