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A. C. Spearing.
Criticism and Medieval Poetry.
Published London: Edward Arnold, 1964.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Size: William Clowes amp; Sons, London & Beccles.
Size: 129×196×11mm.
Page count: vii,148pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the covers on this copy are rather yellowed with age, some stains and creases, some of wear on the edges and corners; the spine is scuffed but not creased from reading, and the text appears to be free of marking; some foxing on the inside covers and endpapers; the author’s note is noticeably yellowed along one side.

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Weight without packaging: 184g.

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Includes a separate note from the author on university notepaper, “Dear John, Please accept this, with every good wish. Yours ever, Tony”

Contents: Problems for the critic; Sir Gawain & the Green Knight; The art of poetry; The art of preaching & Piers Plowman; Chaucer as novelist; Conciseness & The Testament of Cresseid.

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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