Introduction, List of Entries, List of Entries by Subject, List of Entries by National Developments, Notes on Contributors, Entries A to Z, Index
Christopher John Murray is a writer and editor in the fields of cultural and intellectual history. His previous edited publications include the Encyclopedia of LiteraryCritics and Criticism (Fitzroy Dearborn 1999) and the two-volume Key Writers on Art (Routledge 2002). His is also editor of the forthcoming Encyclopedia of ModernFrench Thought, to be published by Routledge in 2004.
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