Middle English verse romances
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Bibliographic Information
Middle English verse romances
(Exeter medieval English texts and studies)
University of Exeter, 1986
Available at 12 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Originally published: Eastbourne : Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A valuable basic student edition illustrating the variety of subjects and narrative modes that engaged medieval storytellers and their audiences. The verse is made accessible by glossing on the page as well as by end glossary and each romance is prefaced with an introduction to its literary history and provenance.
Table of Contents
- Preface Introduction Part 1 THE MATTER OF ENGLAND
- King Horn Havelok the Dane Athelston Gamelyn Part 2 THE BRETON LAI
- Sir Orfeo Sir Launfal Lai le Fresne Part 3 CHIVALRY AND SENTIMENT The Squire of Low Degree Floris and Blancheflour Part 4 BURLESQUE AND GROTESQUERIE The Tournament of Tottenham The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell Sir Gawain and the Carl of Carlyle Glossary
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