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This book provides the first comprehensive study of the performance of medieval narrative, using examples from England and the Continent and a variety of genres
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Authors: Ardis Butterfield
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Insight into the rich cultural canvas of the Middle Ages is granted by a host of texts: liturgical manuals; manuscripts of epic poetry, vernacular lyric, and mu
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Chaucerotics
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Beowulf
Language: en
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Authors: Jodi-Anne George
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Of unknown authorship, Beowulf is an Old English epic poem which incites contentious debate and has been endlessly interpreted over the centuries. This Reader's