The Feast of Fools in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
โ Scribed by Henry L. Savage
- Book ID
- 118140698
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Year
- 1952
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 818 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0363-6941
- DOI
- 10.2307/27713471
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