Jacoby, Susan. The age of American Unreason. Nueva York, Vintage Books, 2009, 357 págs.
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عنوان ژورنال: Literatura: teoría, historia, crítica
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2256-5450,0123-5931
DOI: 10.15446/lthc.v20n2.70413