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Book Title: Chaucer's Dream Poetry : Sources and Analogues
Number of Pages: 186 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 1970
Topic: Ancient & Classical, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Genre: Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 15.5 Oz
Item Length: 9.9 in
Author: B. A. Windeatt
Book Series: Chaucer Studies
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
