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Understanding John Guare /

"John Guare, one of the most innovative and influential contemporary American playwrights of the last sixty years, is best known for such works as House of Blue Leaves, winner of an Obie Award, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play, and four Tony Awards, and Six Degrees...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Demastes, William W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : The University of South Carolina Press, 2017.
Colección:Understanding contemporary American literature.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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