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Understanding the elements of literature:

its forms, techniques and cultural conventions
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Macmillan, 1981 - Literary Criticism - 234 pages

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Contents

The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition
1
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word
39
Drama and the Theatre
101
Copyright

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TitleUnderstanding the elements of literature: its forms, techniques and cultural conventions
Macmillan international college editions
AuthorRichard Taylor
Editionillustrated
PublisherMacmillan, 1981
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized26 Mar 2008
ISBN0333263200, 9780333263204
Length234 pages
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English literature
Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Literature
  
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