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Book Title: The Limits Of Critique
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Name: Limits of Critique
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: Epistemology, General, Hermeneutics
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 10.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Rita Felski
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Philosophy
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
