Heroic Poetry in the Anglo-Saxon Period: Studies in Honor of Jess B. Bessinger, Jr.
by Damico, Helen & John Leyerle, editors
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1879288273
- ISBN 13
- 9781879288270
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 1993. 18 essays in honor of Bessinger, an important medievalist noted for his recorded performances of Anglo-Saxon poetry; seven of the essays involve Beowulf. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, possibly as issued. Contributor Anita R. Reidinger's copy, with her signature on the free endsheet. Light wear to book, minor mottling & bubbling to covers, light foxing to page edges. Text clean; xxix, blank, 437 pages; index, notes, bibliography of Bessinger's writings. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0322
- Title
- Heroic Poetry in the Anglo-Saxon Period: Studies in Honor of Jess B. Bessinger, Jr.
- Author
- Damico, Helen & John Leyerle, editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1879288273
- ISBN 13
- 9781879288270
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University
- Place of Publication
- Kalamazoo
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Medieval Studies, Old English, Beowulf, Linguistics, Philology
- Size
- Octavo
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