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Book Title: Modernity Between Wagner And Nietzsche
Item Length: 8.6 in
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Width: 6 in
Author: Brayton Polka
Publication Name: Modernity between Wagner and Nietzsche
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Subject: History & Criticism, Individual Philosophers, Religious, Genres & Styles / Opera, Metaphysics, History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Publication Year: 2019
Series: Graven Images Ser.
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Music, Religion, Philosophy
Item Weight: 11.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 222 Pages