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Book Title: Worlds of Langston Hughes : Modernism and Translation in the Americas
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 1.1in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Vera M. Kutzinski
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: American / African American, Semiotics & Theory
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Literary Criticism
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 376 Pages