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A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050-1500 The definitive research tool used by beginning students as well as specialists in the field of Middle English. In each volume, eminent scholars have produced summaries of the contents of each Middle English text, followed by succinct, critical evaluations and an exhaustive bibliography, including full information on manuscript and early print sources. The series is an invaluable addition to the medieval scholar's private library as well as to every academic library collection. Latest volume in the series now available! Volume 11: Middle English Sermons and Homilies, and The Lyrics of MS Harley 2253. Peter G. Beidler, editor (2005) 392 pp. ISBN 1-878508-26-1 Cloth $59.95 VOLUME 11 CONTENTS- Chapter XXVI Early Middle English Sermons and Homilies (by Thomas J. Heffernan): Collections of Early Sermons, Single Early English Sermons and Homilies Later Middle English Sermons and Homilies (by Patrick Horner): Mirk's Festial [etc] Sermons Derived [Wycliffite and Lollard] Other Fifteenth-Century Sermons Miscellaneous Sermons Chapter XXVII The Lyrics of MS Harley 2253 (by Susanna Fein) ORDERING INFORMATION: Manual of Middle English Volume 11 [MA11 ISBN 1-878508-26-1 $59.95] ORDER FORM

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