Early Fiction in England by Laura Ashe

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Gathering extracts from the texts of the period by Wace, Marie de France, Chaucer and others, this volume offers an absorbing and surprising introduction to the earliest fiction in England.

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Early Fiction in England by Laura Ashe

Gathering extracts from the texts of the period by Wace, Marie de France, Chaucer and others, this volume offers an absorbing and surprising introduction to the earliest fiction in England.
Laura Ashe is Associate Professor of English and a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. Her books include Fiction and History in England, 1066-1200 and the Oxford English Literary History, vol. 1: 1000-1350. Conquest and Transformation. She has also edited Early Fiction in England: From Geoffrey of Monmouth to Chaucer for Penguin Classics. The extraordinary flowering of English literature in the reign of Richard II features in much of her work.
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ISBN 13 9780141392875
ISBN 10 0141392878
Title Early Fiction in England
Author Laura Ashe
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2015-09-24
Number of pages 464
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