Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature

Harriet Soper

doi:10.1017/9781009315159.010

Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 November 2023

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Information: The Life Course in Old English Poetry , pp. 268 - 272

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