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Book Title: Devil and Doctor Dwight : Satire and Theology in the Early American Republic
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Colin Wells
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: New Edition
Topic: Theology, Subjects & Themes / Religion, United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Poetry, American / General, Christianity / Literature & the Arts
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2002
Genre: Literary Criticism, Religion, History
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
