ISBN: 9780791474785 - Anxious Anatomy: The Conception of the Human Form in Literary and Naturalist Discourse (suny Series, Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century) (12 results)

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Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. &Uumlber den AutorStefani Engelstein is Associate Professor of German at the University of Missouri.KlappentextExamines the body in literature and science in late eighteenth-and early nineteenth-centur.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Anxious Anatomy | The Conception of the Human Form in Literary and Naturalist Discourse | Stefani Engelstein | Taschenbuch | SUNY series, Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2009 | SUNY Press | EAN 9780791474785 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…