Alliterative Poetry in Middle English: The Dialectal and Metrical Survey

J. P. Oakden

Published by Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1930

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A scarce first edition of this detailed study of alliterative poetry in Middle English. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with folding map to the rear illustrating the dialect boundaries across Great Britain. Collated complete. A survey of Middle English poetry containing alliteration, exploring linguistic and literary techniques, with commentary on the themes of the time. Written by J. P. Oakden, a British scholar. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 868T8

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Title: Alliterative Poetry in Middle English: The ...

Publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester

Publication Date: 1930

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book

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