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Plans Deranged by Time : The Poetry of George Fetherling /

The Toronto Star called him a legendary figure in Canadian writing, and indeed George Fetherling has been prolific in many genres: poetry, history, travel narrative, memoir, and cultural studies. Plans Deranged by Time is a representative selection from many of the twelve poetry collections he has p...

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Autor principal: Fetherling, George, 1949-
Otros Autores: Moritz, A. F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, ON : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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