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ENG199: Methods of Literary Study (Kim): Background

Fall 2019, J. Kim

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Call Number: ref PE 1625 .O87 1989
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Literature

Handbook to Literature
Call Number: ref PN 41 .H355 2012
New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Call Number: ref PN 1021 .N39 1993
Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetry and Criticism
Call Number: ref PN 1042 .T8 2000
Dictionary of Literary Symbols
Call Number: ref PN 56 .S9 F47 2007

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