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R. M. Wilson.
Early Middle English Literature; second edition.

Published London: Methuen & Co., 1951 (previous edn. was 1939).
Series: Methuen’s Old English Library.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Butler & Tanner, Frome & London.
Size: 130x190x25mm.
Page count: ix,309pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has no dustjacket, faded on the edges and spine, some frays on the edges and corners; looks ok internally, text appears to be free of marking.


This item £7.50
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within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 425g.

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Contents: Effects of the Conquest; Anglo-Latin background; Anglo-French background; Legal & historical survivals; Continuity of the homiletic tradition; Ancren Riwle & its influence; Owl & the Nightingale; Religious & didactic literature; Romance; Tales & fables; Lyric poetry; Beginnings of the drama; Conclusion.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

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