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Book Title: Why Reading Literature In School Still Matters: Imagination,...
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Why Reading Literature in School Still Matters : Imagination, Interpretation, Insight
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2002
Subject: Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics, Reading Skills, General, Semiotics & Theory
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Education, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Dennis J. Sumara
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
