title: English Poetry Before Chaucer (Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies LUP)
author: M.J. Swanton
description: <br />"English Poetry Before Chaucer is interesting and thought-provoking. It is a fine guide to re-reading -- not so much a handbook to early English literature as a true 'companion', one who enjoys showing you all his favourite haunts. EL Learned, insightful, sometimes eclectic, Swanton's English Poetry Before Chaucer offers a wealth of specific reading on some important, and often-taught, poems."--<em>English Poetry Before Chaucer, The Medieval Review Online</em> <br />
zlib_text: OLD ENGLISH ENIGMATIC POEMS
  AND THE PLAY OF THE TEXTS
  
  STUDIES IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
  Editorial Board under the auspices of the
  Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
  Elizabeth M. Tyler (University of York)
  Julian D. Richards (University of York)
  Ross Balzaretti (University of Nottingham)
  VOLUME 13
  
  OLD ENGLISH ENIGMATIC POEMS
  AND THE PLAY OF THE TEXTS
  by
  John D. Niles
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  British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
  Niles, John D.
  Old English enigmatic poems and the play of the texts. – (Studies in the early
  Middle Ages ; 13)
  1. Exeter book 2. English poetry – Old English, ca. 450-1100 – History and
  criticism 3. Riddles, English (Old) – History and criticism
  I. Title
  829.1'009
  ISBN-10: 2503515304
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