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    <title>Why read the classics?</title>
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    <dateIssued>, 2009</dateIssued>
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    <extent>x,277p. : 18cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>In this collection of 36 essays, Italo Calvino explores the definition of what is classic literature, and surveys works that range from early modern Europe and antiquity to the 19th century novel and contemporary classics.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">/ Italo Calvino.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Literature</topic>
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    <topic>History and criticism</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>history of world literature</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc">809 CAL</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9780141189703</identifier>
  <identifier type="">: Zafaa Books &amp; Distributors : 313/56F, 49A, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi.</identifier>
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