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Sir A. W. Ward & A. R. Waller, eds.
The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 1: From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance.
Publisher: Cambridge U.P., 1932 reprint (previously issued 1907).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Size: 141×226×21mm.
Page count: viii,418pp.
Main language: English.
Overall conditon fair: the dustjacket on this copy is missing; the usual wear for a book of this age.

This item £6.00
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Weight without packaging: 601g.

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Contents:
Waller, The beginnings;
Paues, Runes & manuscripts;
Chadwick, Early national poetry;
Bentinck Smith, OE Christian poetry;
James, Latin writings to the time of Alfred;
Thomas, Alfred & OE prose of his reign;
Westlake, From Alfred to the Conquest;
Waller, The Norman Conquest;
Lewis Jones, Latin chroniclers from the 11th to the 13th centuries;
Sandys, Latin literature from John of Salisbury to Richard of Bury;
Atkins, Early transition English;
Lewis Jones, Arthurian legend;
Ker, Metrical romances 1220-1500, I;
Atkins, Metrical romances 1200-1500, II;
Gollancz, Pearl, Cleanness, Patience & Sir Gawayne;
Thomson, Legendaries & chroniclers;
Waller, Secular lyrics, tales, social satire;
Saintsbury, Prosody of Old & Middle English;
Bradley, Changes in the language to the days of Chaucer;
Maitland, Anglo-French law language;
Westlake, OE sung, or ballad, metre.

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