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John Speirs.
Medieval English Literature: The non‑Chaucerian Tradition.
Published London: Faber and Faber, 1971 (hardback was 1957).
Series: Faber Paper Covered Editions.
ISBN 0571096174.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Latimer Trend & Co., Whitstable.
Size: 128x198x22mm.
Page count: 406pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: ex‑lib. American School in London; this copy has a heavy crease on the back cover, however the covers have been sealed under protective transparent plastic so in other respects are not heavily worn; a few grubby marks on the page edges; looks in good order internally, the usual library marks and stamps, but appears to be free of readers’ marks.

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Weight without packaging: 397g.

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Contents: Carols & other songs & lyrics; Romances — Ywain & Gawain — Sir Percevalle of Galles — Breton lays in English — ballad romance, Thomas of Ercildoune — King Horn — Havelok the Dane — 2 Gawain romances; Alliterative romances & poems — Sir Gawayne & the Grene Knight — Awntyrs of Arthure — Wynnere & Wastour — Parlement of the Thre Ages; The mystery cycle — certain Towneley plays; The relation between literature & the painting & sculpture in medieval England.

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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