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Kitcher, Philip, 1947–
Deaths in Venice : the cases of Gustav von Aschenbach / Philip Kitcher
pages cm. —(Leonard Hastings Schoff Memorial Lectures)
ISBN 978-0-231-16264-7 (cloth : acid-free paper) —
ISBN 978-0-231-53603-5 (e-book)
1. Mann, Thomas, 1875–1955. Tod in Venedig. 2. Philosophy in literature.
I. Title.
pt2625.a44t6438 2013
833’.912—dc23
2013007247
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