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CHRISTINA STEAD
by Brydon, Diana
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0333389972
- ISBN 13
- 9780333389973
- Seller
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Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hampshire, England: Macmillan Education, 1987. 188pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain red boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Printed dustjacket minimally surface-scuffed, mild tanning to reverse edges. A stand-alone title in the Macmillan Women Writers series. "This study is the first to provide a feminist reading of the life and work of the Australian-born writer Christina Stead . . . Intensity, sensuality and a refusal to draw boundaries where they would normally be expected are distinctive features of Stead's writing. Her work also clearly delineates the complex of economic relations within which human relationships operate." Contents include: Acks., Editor's Preface, 8 chapters, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Book weight approx. 270g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010537
- Title
- CHRISTINA STEAD
- Author
- Brydon, Diana
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0333389972
- ISBN 13
- 9780333389973
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education
- Place of Publication
- Hampshire, England
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- CHRISTINA STEAD, CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION, WOMEN WRITERS SERIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Criticism;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Diversity Books, IOBA
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Korumburra, Victoria
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- First Edition
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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