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Book Title: Royal Poetrie : Monarchic Verse and the Political Imaginary of Early Modern England
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Peter C. Herman
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Poetry, Subjects & Themes / Politics, Subjects & Themes / General
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Literary Criticism, History
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
