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  • A Political Economy of Modernism

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  • Modernist Poetics in China

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    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
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  • Pain and Suffering

    Series series The Routledge Series Integrating Science and Culture
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    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
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