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Book Title: Early Writings (1910-1917)
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: European / German, Popular Culture, Aesthetics, Semiotics & Theory, Essays
Genre: Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Social Science, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 20 oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Walter Benjamin
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Hardcover
