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Excerpt from English Literature, From the Norman Conquest to Chaucer
Not only in arrangement, but also in subject matter, I have ventured to differ from my predecessors, by considering atten tively all works written in mediaeval England, no matter in what language, and by comparing them with similar Con tinental productions. I have tried always to keep in mind the peculiar historical conditions which make familiarity with Old French literature necessary to an understanding of almost every thing in the Middle English vernacular. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
