A guide to the Middle English metrical romances vs English literature at the close of the Middle Ages: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: English Romances, Knights and knighthood in literature, Bibliography, Civilization, Romances, Arthurian romances

Cover of A guide to the Middle English metrical romances

A guide to the Middle English metrical romances Anna Hunt Billings · 1901 232 pages · ≈ 4 h 18 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of English literature at the close of the Middle Ages

English literature at the close of the Middle Ages E. K. Chambers · 1945 ★★★★☆ 3.7 247 pages · ≈ 4 h 34 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.

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