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© Harriet Soper 2024
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Names: Soper, Harriet, author.
Title: The life course in Old English poetry / Harriet Soper, University of Oxford.
Description: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023. | Series: Cambridge studies in medieval literature | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023017269 | ISBN 9781009315111 (hardback) | ISBN 9781009315104 (paperback) | ISBN 9781009315159 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: English poetry – Old English, ca. 450–1100 – History and criticism. | Life cycle, Human, in literature. | LCGFT: Literary criticism.
Classification: LCC PR203 .S67 2023 | DDC 829/.1009–dc23/eng/20230530
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