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Twentieth-Century German Poetry: An Anthology Twentieth-Century German Poetry: An Anthology
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Wall Tappings: An International Anthology of Women's Prison Writings, 200 to the Present Wall Tappings: An International Anthology of Women's Prison Writings, 200 to the Present
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Anne Frank and After: Dutch Holocaust Literature in a Historical Perspective (Dutch Holocaust Literature in Historical Perspective) Anne Frank and After: Dutch Holocaust Literature in a Historical Perspective (Dutch Holocaust Literature in Historical Perspective)
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Between 1940 and 1945, 110,000 of the 140,000 Dutch Jews were deported to the death camps in Eastern Europe. 80% never returned. In Anne Frank and After the authors focus on two main questions: how exactly did this happen, and how has Dutch literature... (read more)
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Women Writers of the World #05: Writings by Pre-Revolutionary French Women: From Marie de France to Elizabeth Vigee-Le Brun Women Writers of the World #05: Writings by Pre-Revolutionary French Women: From Marie de France to Elizabeth Vigee-Le Brun
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The present volume covers 30 Pre-Revolutionary French women, providing a representative sampling of their manifold and varied contributions to intellectual and cultural history. This volume is unique in its grouping of essentially French writers from the... (read more)
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In the Grip of Strange Thoughts: Russian Poetry in a New Era In the Grip of Strange Thoughts: Russian Poetry in a New Era
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