Miniature and the English Imagination

Miniature and the English Imagination
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9781108425834
ISBN-13 : 1108425836
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Book Synopsis Miniature and the English Imagination by : Melinda Alliker Rabb

Download or read book Miniature and the English Imagination written by Melinda Alliker Rabb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the practice and purposes of presenting the small-scale in literature, material culture and theories of cognition.


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