Lorden, Jennifer A. 2025. Literary Form in Early Medieval England. Cambridge Elements: England in the Early Medieval World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 69. ISBN 9781009328616.
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Old English
early Middle English
Old English poetry
Old English prose
Latin

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Revell, T. (2026). Lorden, Jennifer A. 2025. Literary Form in Early Medieval England. Cambridge Elements: England in the Early Medieval World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 69. ISBN 9781009328616. SELIM. Journal of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature, 31(1), 168–74. https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.168-74

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Review of Lorden, Jennifer A. 2025. Literary Form in Early Medieval England. Cambridge Elements: England in the Early Medieval World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 69. ISBN 9781009328616. 

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