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Title: A Literary History of the English People
From the Origins to the Renaissance

Author: Jean Jules Jusserand

Release Date: July 11, 2007 [EBook #22049]

Language: English

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A Literary History of the English People

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

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ENGLISH WAYFARING LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES (XIVth Century). Translated by
L. T. Smith. Revised and Enlarged by the Author. 4th Edition. 61
Illustrations. Large crown 8vo, cloth, 7s. 6d.

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THE ENGLISH NOVEL IN THE TIME OF SHAKESPEARE.

Translated by E. Lee. Revised and Enlarged by the Author. Illustrated by
6 Heliogravures by Dujardin, and 21 full-page and many smaller
illustrations. 3rd Edition. Large crown 8vo, cloth, 7s. 6d.

"One of the brightest, most scholarly, and most interesting volumes of
literary history."--_Speaker._

A FRENCH AMBASSADOR AT THE COURT OF CHARLES II.: Le Comte de Cominges,
from his unpublished correspondence.

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PIERS PLOWMAN: A Contribution to the History of English Mysticism.

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Demy 8vo, cloth, 12s.

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MEDIAEVAL LONDON
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A Literary History of
The English People

from the Origins
To the Renaissance

By

J. J. Jusserand

London
T. Fisher Unwin
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PREFACE

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