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- The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Body
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- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Genres
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- Further Reading
- Index
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- The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Body
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- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chronology of Publications and Events
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Genres
- Part II Critical Methodologies
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To …
- References
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