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J. A. Burrow.
A Reading of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Published London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966 reprint (previously issued 1965).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Compton Printing Works, London.
Size: 146x221x18mm.
Page count: viii, 199pp.
Main language: English; quotations given without translation.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is rather rubbed and grubby, somewhat ragged on its edges and corners, price-clipped on its front flyleaf; some mild wear on the boards and spine, and a couple of pages have been slightly wrinkled during manufacture, though the text remains legible; previous owner’s name inside the front board, but the main text appears to be free of marking.

This item £15.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 398g.

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Contents: Preface; 1st fitt; 2nd fitt; 3rd; fitt; 4th fitt. Please note, this is a literary study and does not include an edition of the poem.
Appendices: The pentangle; 'Ouer at the Holy Hede'.

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

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