European Writers: Maxim Gorky to Marcel Proust
- ISBN-10
- 068419581X
- ISBN-13
- 9780684195810
- Series
- European Writers
- Category
- Literary Criticism / European / General
- Pages
- 1985
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- MacMillan Publishing Company
- Author
- George Stade
Description
Sixty-eight unabridged essays based on the most studied European authors and themes.
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