Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-262) and indexes
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FRONTCOVER; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION: Tail-Rhyme Romance and English Literary History; 1 Stanza Origins; 2 The Anglo-Norman and Early Middle English Inheritance; 3 Manuscripts, Scribes and Transmission; 4 The Auchinleck Manuscript and the Beginnings of Tail-Rhyme Romance; 5 The Geography of Tail-Rhyme Romance; APPENDIX: The Survey of Provenance; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS CITED; GENERAL INDEX; BACKCOVER