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Anglo-Norman Literature: A Guide to Texts and Literature. By RUTH J. DEAN. (Anglo Norman Text Society, Occasional Series, 3) London: Anglo Norman Text Society, 1999. xviii + 553 pp. 35 [pounds sterling]; $49. ISBN 0-9054-7438-4.
Originally conceived as a revision and updating of J. Vising's invaluable Anglo-Norman Language and Literature (London: Oxford University Press, 1923), this monumental manual has far outstripped its slim predecessor in its ambition and realization. Its 553 pages list 986 items and more than a thousand manuscripts, and are the culmination of decades...
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