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Book Title: Lines of Authority : Politics and English Literary Culture, 1649-1689
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Steven N. Zwicker
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Europe / Great Britain / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 1996
Genre: Literary Criticism, History
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
