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Virgil B. Heltzel.
Fair Rosamond: A Study of the Development of a Literary Theme.
New York: AMS Press, 1970 (facsimile reissue of the Northwestern U.P. edition of 1947).
Northwestern Studies in the Humanities, No. 16.
ISBN 0404507166.
Hardback, stitch bound; issued without a dustjacket.
157x235x15mm.
viii,135pp.
English.
Boards a little grubby, otherwise generally very good condition.This item £15.00
397g.A study of Henry II's mistress, Rosamond Clifford; apart from a chapter on the historical background, emphasis is literary and mostly post-medieval. Contents: Genesis of the story - fact & fiction; The literary tradition - narrative poetry; Prose fiction; Drama 1693-1840; Drama 1840-1938; Retrospect.
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