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Book Title: When A Gesture Was Expected: A Selection Of Examples From Ar...
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Publication Name: When a Gesture Was Expected : a Selection of Examples from Archaic and Classical Greek Literature
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Theater / History & Criticism, Body Language & Nonverbal Communication, Ancient & Classical
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 1999
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15 Oz
Author: Alan L. Boegehold
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Social Science
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
