American Babel

Literatures of the United States from Abnaki to Zuni

Edited by Marc Shell

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$35.50 • £28.95 • €32.00

ISBN 9780674006614

Publication Date: 09/23/2002

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544 pages

6-3/8 x 9-1/4 inches

14 halftones

Harvard English Studies

World

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Marc Shell is Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of English at Harvard University.

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