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Secondhand book for saleCelia and Kenneth Sisam, eds.
The Oxford Book of Medieval English Verse.
Published Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970.
Series: Oxford Books of Verse.
SBN 198121350.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: the University Press, Oxford.
Size: 129x190x33mm.
Page count: xxiii,618pp.
Main language: Middle English texts (no translations provided; introduction & apparatus in modern English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is discoloured and somewhat grubby, some wear at the edges and corners; page edges foxed; text appears to be free of marking.
This item £9.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)Weight without packaging: 606g.
Contents: aims to represent the full range of poetry in English (333 selections), including extracts from longer works as well as lyrics and snatches; Layamon, Chaucer, Piers Plowman and the Gawain Poet are all represented.
Introduction: 8pp
Notes: textual notes, at end of book
Tables: no
Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: difficult words & phrases glossed at foot of page
Bibliography: no
Index: First lines.
See also | Poetry |
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