The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King Alfred, Volume 1 |
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Contents
I WIDŠITH DEOR AND THE SCOP | 1 |
BEOWULF INTRODUCTION | 12 |
III BEOWULF The Poem | 26 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King Alfred, Volume 1 |
| Author | Stopford Augustus Brooke |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1905 |
| ISBN | 0598863958, 9780598863959 |
| Length | 500 pages |
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