Very little ... almost nothing: Death, philosophy and literature, 2nd edition

Very Little ... Almost Nothing: Death, Philosophy and Literature, 2nd Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-276

  Critchley, Simon ^a,b,c  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c College International de Philosophie ^*  (France)

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