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Medieval Literature and Historical Enquiry: Essays in Honor of Derek Pearsall.(Review)

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Medieval Literature and Historical Enquiry: Essays in Honor of Derek Pearsall, ed. David Aers (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2000). xv + 212 pp. ISBN 0-85991-555-7. 45.00 [pounds sterling]. The volume contains articles by Nicolette Zeeman, `The condition of Kynde'; C. David Benson, `Piers Plowman as poetic pillory: the pillory and the cross'; Elizabeth Fowler, `The empire and the waif: consent and conflict in the Man of Law's Tale'; David Aers, `Chaucer's Tale of Melibee: whose virtues?'; Lynn Staley, `Pearl and the contingencies of love and piety'; Paul ...

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