Greek Epigram in Reception: J. A. Symonds, Oscar Wilde, and the Invention of Desire, 1805-1929
Author(s): Gideon Nisbet (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: December 31, 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 398 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780199662494
- ISBN-13: 9780199662494
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