Description and Narrative in Middle English Alliterative Poetry by Thorlac Turville-Petre

Description and Narrative in Middle English Alliterative Poetry

Thorlac Turville-Petre

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nonfiction classics literary poetry reflective slow-paced
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The characteristic alliterative poem of the 14th and 15th centuries tells a story of incident and adventure: it is pre-eminently the poetry of narrative. Yet it is also, more than any other kind of medieval verse, remarkable for passages of vivid ...

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