LOOKING INTO THE ABYSS: Essays on Scenography

Looking into the Abyss: Essays on Scenography

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-236

  Aronson, Arnold ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.3998/mpub.22239     Document Type: Book

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