Stanzas: Word and Phantasm in Western Culture (Theory and History of Literature Volume 69)
By: Giorgio Agamben
4.41
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
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21. Stanzas: Word and Phantasm in Western Culture (Theory and History of Literature Volume 69)
By: Giorgio Agamben
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Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
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