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Pearl and the Fairies of Romance: Hermeneutics and Intertextuality in a Fourteenth-Century Religious Dream Vision 珍珠与浪漫仙子：十四世纪宗教梦幻中的诠释学与互文性

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STUDIES IN PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI: 10.1353/sip.2024.a934226

Stephen De Hailes

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Recreating the Eye of the Beholder: Technopaegnia, Encrypted Reading, and a New Version of "Easter-wings" 再现 "看客之眼"：技术 "复活节之翼"、加密阅读和新版本

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STUDIES IN PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI: 10.1353/sip.2024.a934227

Nadine Tara Weiss

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Jealousy in Early Modern England 现代早期英国的嫉妒

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STUDIES IN PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI: 10.1353/sip.2024.a934228

Bradley J. Irish

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Motherhood, Building, and Dynasty in the Roman de Melusine Roman de Melusine》中的母性、建筑与王朝

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STUDIES IN PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI: 10.1353/sip.2024.a934225

Kirsty Bolton

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Polydore Vergil as Arthurian Witness: On King Arthur and Count Hoyer the Red in the Mansfeldische chronica (1572) of Cyriakus Spangenberg 作为亚瑟见证人的波利多尔-维吉尔：论 Cyriakus Spangenberg 的《Mansfeldische chronica》（1572 年）中的亚瑟王和红人霍耶伯爵

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STUDIES IN PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-04-06 DOI: 10.1353/sip.2024.a923965

William C. McDonald

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Aid from the Elf-Ruler: Line 1314a and the Pre-Christian Antecedents of Beowulf 来自精灵统治者的援助：第 1314a 行和《贝奥武夫》的基督教前身

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STUDIES IN PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-04-06 DOI: 10.1353/sip.2024.a923964

Michael D. C. Drout, Caiden Kumar

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Making Commotion: Riot and Protest in the Texts of 2 Henry VI 制造骚乱：亨利六世下》文本中的骚乱与抗议

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STUDIES IN PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-04-06 DOI: 10.1353/sip.2024.a923966

Anna N. Ullmann

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Rasselas: The Enigma and the "Agile Music" 拉塞拉斯谜语与 "敏捷音乐"

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STUDIES IN PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-04-06 DOI: 10.1353/sip.2024.a923968

Mark Loveridge

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The Politics of Wedding Poetry under the Cromwellian Protectorate: Sir William Davenant and "Hymen's Policy" 克伦威尔保护国时期的婚礼诗歌政治：威廉-达文特爵士与 "海门政策"

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STUDIES IN PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-04-06 DOI: 10.1353/sip.2024.a923967

Niall Allsopp

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The Ruined Landscapes of Beowulf: Apocalypse and Hope 贝奥武夫的废墟景观：启示与希望

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STUDIES IN PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-04-06 DOI: 10.1353/sip.2024.a923963

Lisa Myers

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