Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature
by W. P. Ker
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"These essays are intended as a general description of some of the principal forms of narrative literature in the Middle Ages, and as a review of some of the more interesting works in each period."Tags
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Reprint. Orig. publ. London : Macmillan, 1908
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Trinity College Booklist (1951): Class Nine, Foreign Literatures
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- Original publication date
- 1897 (first edition) (first edition); 1908 (second, revised edition) (second, revised edition)
- People/Characters
- Beowulf; Brynhild, sister of Attila; Charlemagne; Chretien de Troyes; Gudrun Gjukadottir; Gaston Paris (show all 7); Thor
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- PREFACE
These essays are intended as a general description of some of the principal forms of narrative literature in the Middle Ages, and as a review of some of the more interesting works in each period.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 809.02 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures By Period 6th-15th centuries, 500-1499
- LCC
- PN671 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Literary history By period Medieval (to 1500)
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- English
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