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Word by Word

Emancipation and the Act of Writing

Christopher Hager

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ISBN 9780674088061

Publication Date: 09/07/2015

328 pages

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

11 halftones

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Christopher Hager is Charles A. Dana Research Associate Professor of English at Trinity College.

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