Redemption in the Life and Work of Camille Claudel
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Redemption in the Life and Work of Camille Claudel
Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive All Theses and Dissertations 2012-03-08 Redemption in the Life and Work of Camille Claudel Haleigh Heaps Burgon Brigham Young University - Provo Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd Part of the French and Francophone Language and Literature Commons, and the Italian Language and Literature Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Burgon, Haleigh Heaps, "Redemption in the Life and Work of Camille Claudel" (2012). All Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2987. This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. 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