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  The Song of Roland

  by Anonymous

  Presents the classical epic, glorifying the heroism of Charlemagne in the 778 battle between the Franks and the Moors. Bibliogs.
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  Beowulf

  by Seamus Heaney, Robert Nye, Kevin Crossley-Holland, Burton Raffel, Michael Alexander

  Winner of the Whitbread Prize, Seamus Heaney's translation "accomplishes what before now had seemed impossible: a faithful rendering that is simultaneously an original and gripping poem in its own right" ( New York Times Book Review ). The translation that "rides boldly through the reefs of scholarship" ( The Observer ) is combined with first-rate annotation. No reading knowledge of Old English is assumed.... (more)
• Francois Villon: A Documented SurveyFrancois) Lewis, D.B. Wyndham Villon

  

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  Francois Villon: A Documented Survey

  by Francois) Lewis, D.B. Wyndham Villon