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Blanch, Robert J.
From Pearl to Gawain: forme to fynisment / Robert J.
Blanch, Julian N. Wasserman.

p.
cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index.
ISBN 0-8130-1348-8 (acid-free paper)
1. English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500--History
and criticism. 2. English poetry--England--West Mid-
lands--History and criticism. 3. Manuscripts, English
(Middle)--England--West Midlands. 4. Gawain and the
Green Knight. 5. Pearl (Middle English poem) 6.
Rhetoric, Medieval. 7. Closure (Rhetoric) I. Wasser-
man, Julian N. II. Title.
PR1972.G353B57 1994
821'.109--dc20 94-40999

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