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William Calin.
A Muse for Heroes: Nine Centuries of the Epic in France.
Publisher: Toronto U.P., 1986 reprint (previously issued 1983).
Series: University of Toronto Romance Series, vol. 46.
ISBN 0802055990.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; decorated boards, published without a dustjacket.
Printed in Canada.
Size: 156×234×44mm.
Page count: ix,513pp.
Main language: English; quotations given without translation.
Overall condition fair to good: the boards and spine on this copy are a bit frayed at the edges and corners, spine slightly discoloured; page edges a little grubby; looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £10.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 959g.

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No overall medieval emphasis.

Contents: Chanson de Roland; Raoul de Cambrai; Huon de Bordeaux; Chrétien de Troyes; Roman de la Rose; Guillaume de Machaut; Ronsard; D’Aubigne; Saint-Amant; Le Moyne; Boileau; Voltaire; Lamartine; Vigny; Hugo; Saint-John Perse; Aragon; Pierre Emmanuel.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 27pp
Index: yes

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